02810nam 2200685 a 450 991080717260332120240417222758.00-252-09365-81-283-98924-7(CKB)2550000000996618(EBL)3414214(SSID)ssj0000820167(PQKBManifestationID)11524050(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820167(PQKBWorkID)10861755(PQKB)10866405(MiAaPQ)EBC3414214(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649237(OCoLC)827454875(MdBmJHUP)muse25158(Au-PeEL)EBL3414214(CaPaEBR)ebr10653979(CaONFJC)MIL430174(OCoLC)923497028(EXLCZ)99255000000099661820110602d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObama, Clinton, Palin making history in election 2008 /edited by Liette Gidlow1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20111 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07830-6 0-252-03660-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Representations : is Hillary man enough? Is Barack black enough? Is Michelle the new Jacqueline Kennedy? -- pt. II. Historical precedents, or How election 2008 began before the Civil War -- pt. III. Legacies : democracy undermined? Feminism redefined?.Election 2008 made American history. Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton smashed through some of the most enduring barriers to high political office, but their candidacies did not come out of nowhere. In these essays, a group of historians explore how the candidates challenged and reinforced historic stereotypes of race and sex.PresidentsUnited StatesElection2008Presidential candidatesUnited StatesBiographyPolitical campaignsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryWomenPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009PresidentsElectionPresidential candidatesPolitical campaignsHistoryWomenPolitical activityHistory324.973/0931Gidlow Liette Patricia1689020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807172603321Obama, Clinton, Palin4080269UNINA