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History of American presidential elections, 1789-2001 / Arthur M. Schlesinger, editor ; Fred L. Israel, associate editor ; managing editor, William P. Hanson.
Van Pelt Library E183 .H58 2002 v.1-11
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Election--History.
- Presidents.
- History.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States--Election--History--Sources.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 11 volumes (lviii, 4877 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2001.
- Summary:
- Pulitzer Prize -- winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr. has enlisted some of America's top historians and political scientists to tell the stories of and to analyze every presidential election in American history, in specially commissioned essays of this revised and updated set. Professor Schlesinger's substantial introduction discusses presidential elections as a uniquely American solution to the vexing problem of succession and examines their role in the formation and development of the party system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0791057135
- OCLC:
- 187604014
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