America at the Ballot Box: Elections and Political History
In: Politics and culture in modern America
In: De Gruyter eBook-Paket Geschichte
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Devolution of 1800: Jefferson's Election and the Birth of American Government -- 2. The Bombshell of 1844 -- 3. Beyond the Realignment Synthesis: Th e 1860 Election Reconsidered -- 4. Markets, Morality, and the Media: The Election of 1884 and the Iconography of Progressivism -- 5. Anglophobia in Nineteenth- Century Elections, Politics, and Diplomacy -- 6. The War and Peace Election of 1916 -- 7. Farewell to the "Smoke- Filled Room": Parties, Interests, Public Relations, and the Election of 1924 -- 8. The New Deal in 1940: Embattled or Entrenched? -- 9. "Why Don't You Just Get an Actor?": Th e Advent of Television in the 1952 Campaign -- 10. Giving Liberalism a Window: Th e 1964 Election -- 11. The 1980 Election: Victory Without Success -- 12. Beyond the Water's Edge: Foreign Policy and Electoral Politics -- 13. From Corn to Caviar: Th e Evolution of Presidential Election Communications, 1960–2000 -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments