03311nam 2200673 a 450 991079225940332120230721015346.097866122350611-282-23506-00-19-156776-0(CKB)2560000000295164(EBL)453626(OCoLC)434871782(SSID)ssj0000144862(PQKBManifestationID)11155258(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144862(PQKBWorkID)10156882(PQKB)11511312(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022264(MiAaPQ)EBC453626(Au-PeEL)EBL453626(CaPaEBR)ebr10317695(CaONFJC)MIL223506(OCoLC)935268701(MiAaPQ)EBC7034023(Au-PeEL)EBL7034023(EXLCZ)99256000000029516420081121d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElecting our masters[electronic resource] the hustings in British politics from Hogarth to Blair /Jon LawrenceOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-955012-3 0-19-170152-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-314) and index.Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Spirit of the Hustings; 1. John Bull at the Hustings: Electoral Politics from the Ancien Regime to the Second Reform Act; 2. The Fall of the Hustings and the Rise of the Platform; 3. Money, Men, and Mayhem: Electoral Politics before the First World War; 4. War, Women, and the 'Silent Majority'; 5. Towards the New Jerusalem; 6. The Decline of the Platform; 7. The Local Campaign in the Television Age; 8. Broadcasting Politics; 9. The Public Banished?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; TUV; W; Y; ZAn engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, Jon Lawrence explores the changing relationship between politicians and public. Throughout this period, he argues, British politics has been characterized by bruising public rituals intended to bestow legitimacy on politicians by obligElectionsGreat BritainHistoryPolitical campaignsGreat BritainHistoryGreat BritainPolitics and government18th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government19th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government20th centuryElectionsHistory.Political campaignsHistory.324.941Lawrence Jon685691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792259403321Electing our masters3671100UNINA