Rum, romanism & rebellion [[electronic resource] ] : the making of a president, 1884 / / Mark Wahlgren Summers

• Autore: Summers Mark W (Mark Wahlgren), <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.273/084
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Election - 1884
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1881-1885
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-367) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Judgment Day; 1. No Business To-Day Other Than Politics; 2. The Dispirit of '76; 3. The Bloody Shirt—In Hoc Signo Vinces; 4. The Politics of Personality; 5. O Temperance, O Mores!; 6. The Protection Racket; 7. The Democrats Rise from the Dead; 8. The Passing of Arthur; 9. We Love Him for the Enemies He Has Made; 10. The Public Be Crammed!; 11. Love's Libels Lost; 12. Windypendents' Day; 13. Ireland Sold for Gold!; 14. Sideshows; 15. Carrying the War into Africa; 16. Local All Over; 17. Clerical Errors; 18. Lord! But We Skirted the Edge! ; 19. Justice at Last!Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns in American history. The author suggests that both Democrats and Republicans sensed a political system falling apart, as voters drifted from being affiliated to a specific party to voting according to a candidate's stand on a particular issue.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rum, romanism & rebellion
• ISBN: 0-8078-7511-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455895803321
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