LEADER 03652nam 2200673 450 001 9910824633203321 005 20230213211554.0 010 $a1-280-52346-8 010 $a9786610523467 010 $a0-19-536376-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413486 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000346267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12143796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000346267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10326348 035 $a(PQKB)10301933 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001662359 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16447087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001662359 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14994631 035 $a(PQKB)10807004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701645 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4964172 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4701645 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273230 035 $a(OCoLC)960165101 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4964172 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52346 035 $a(OCoLC)1027198485 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413486 100 $a20161011h19861986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe decline of popular politics $ethe American North, 1865-1928 /$fMichael E. McGerr 210 1$aNew York, [New York] ;$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1986. 210 4$dİ1986 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-503682-4 311 $a0-19-505424-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aIn the 1984 presidential election, only half of the eligible electorate exercised its right to vote. Why does politics no longer excite many--of not most Americans?; Michael McGerr attrributes the decline in voting in the American North to the transformation of political style after the Civil War. The Decline of Popular Politics vividly recreates a vanished world of democratic ritual and charts its disappearance in the rapid change of industrial society.; A century ago, political campaigns meant torchlight parades, spectacular pageants staged by opposing parties, and crowds of citizens attired in military dress or proudly displaying their crafts at well-attended rallies. The intense partisanship of presidential campaigns and party newspapers made political choice easy for people from all walks of life. In the late 1860s and 1870s, however, the rise of liberalism led to a rejection of partisanship by the press and a move towards "educational,"; rather than spectacular, electioneering. This style then lost out at the turn of the century to the sensational journalism of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, and the "advertised" campaigning of Mark Hanna and other politicians. McGerr shows how these new developments made it; increasingly difficult for many Northerners to link their political impulses with political action. By the 1920s, Northern politics resembled our own public life today. A vital democratic culture had yielded to advertised campaigns, an emphasis on personalities rather than issues or partisanship, and low voter turnout. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aVoting$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1933 615 0$aPolitical participation$xHistory. 615 0$aVoting$xHistory. 676 $a324.973/08 700 $aMcGerr$b Michael E.$01716856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824633203321 996 $aThe decline of popular politics$94112453 997 $aUNINA