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Autore: | Mouser Bruce L. |
Titolo: | A black gambler's world of liquor, vice, and presidential politics : William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839-1917 / / Bruce L. Mouser ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr |
Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wisconsin : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
Disciplina: | 977.3/04092 |
Soggetto topico: | African American presidential candidates |
Gamblers - Illinois | |
African Americans - Political activity - History - 19th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Illinois Politics and government 1865-1950 |
United States Politics and government 1901-1909 | |
Persona (resp. second.): | GatesHenry Louis Jr. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Scott's Foundational Years; Chapter 1. A Gambler's World of Liquor, Vice, and Hometown Politics in the Post-Civil War Era; Chapter 2. Covering His Past with Rebellion and Journalism, the Early 1880's; Chapter 3. Reinvention as a Respectable Democrat, 1884 to 1893; Chapter 4. Scott's Frenetic Decade, 1893 to 1904; Chapter 5. The National Negro Liberty Party and the Debacle of the 1904 Election; Chapter 6. Hard Landing and Slow Recovery in Springfield |
Conclusion: More Complicated Than That Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
Titolo autorizzato: | A black gambler's world of liquor, vice, and presidential politics |
ISBN: | 0-299-30183-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787816303321 |
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