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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Book Title
- Pivotal Tuesdays
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780812247466
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812247469
ISBN-13
9780812247466
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219804553
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pivotal Tuesdays : Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century
Subject
Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2015-009532
Reviews
Pivotal Tuesdays is a substantial achievement-a trenchant, balanced explication of the major shifts in twentieth-century presidential politics-and a ripping good read-clear, wry, beautifully written., "A completely captivating read. Margaret O'Mara draws an irresistibly vivid portrait of modern politics, one that takes readers on a delightful tour of the recent past--and puts our own modern-day battles into terrific context. Just a delicious book, written by an authoritative historian and brilliant narrator."--Anne Kornblut, Washington Post, " Pivotal Tuesdays is a substantial achievement--a trenchant, balanced explication of the major shifts in twentieth-century presidential politics--and a ripping good read--clear, wry, beautifully written."--Bruce Schulman, Boston University, A completely captivating read. Margaret O'Mara draws an irresistibly vivid portrait of modern politics, one that takes readers on a delightful tour of the recent past-and puts our own modern-day battles into terrific context. Just a delicious book, written by an authoritative historian and brilliant narrator., Pivotal Tuesdays is a substantial achievement-a trenchant, balanced explication of the major shifts in twentieth-century presidential politics-and a ripping good read-clear, wry, beautifully written.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
324.973091
Table Of Content
Author's Note Introduction PART I: 1912 Chapter 1. The Great Transformation Chapter 2. The Progressive Campaign PART II: 1932 Chapter 3. The Road to the New Deal Chapter 4. The Promise of Change PART III: 1968 Chapter 5. The Fracturing of America Chapter 6. Improbable Victories PART IV: 1992 Chapter 7. Reagan Revolutionaries and New Democrats Chapter 8. The CNN President Conclusion. Hope and Change Notes Index Acknowledgments
Synopsis
Serious and silly, unifying and polarizing, presidential elections have become events that Americans love and hate. Today's elections cost billions of dollars and consume the nation's attention for months, filling television airwaves and online media with endless advertising and political punditry, often heated, vitriolic, and petty. Yet presidential elections also provoke and inspire mass engagement of ordinary citizens in the political system. No matter how frustrated or disinterested voters might be about politics and government, every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, the attention of the nation--and the world--focuses on the candidates, the contest, and the issues. The partisan election process has been a way for a messy, jumbled, raucous nation to come together as a slightly-more-perfect union. Pivotal Tuesdays looks back at four pivotal presidential elections of the past 100 years to show how they shaped the twentieth century. During the rowdy, four-way race in 1912 between Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Eugene Debs, and Woodrow Wilson, the candidates grappled with the tremendous changes of industrial capitalism and how best to respond to them. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promises to give Americans a "New Deal" to combat the Great Depression helped him beat the beleaguered incumbent, Herbert Hoover. The dramatic and tragic campaign of 1968 that saw the election of Richard Nixon reflected an America divided by race, region, and war and set in motion political dynamics that persisted into the book's final story--the three-way race that led to Bill Clinton's 1992 victory. Exploring the personalities, critical moments, and surprises of these races, Margaret O'Mara shows how and why candidates won or lost and examines the effects these campaigns had on the presidencies that followed. But this isn't just a book about politics. It is about the evolution of a nation and the history made by ordinary people who cast their ballots., From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections--1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992--using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history.
LC Classification Number
JK528.O43 2015
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