The big vote : gender, consumer culture, and the politics of exclusion, 1890s-1920s / Liette Gidlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gidlow, Liette Patricia.

Series:

Reconfiguring American political history.

Reconfiguring American political history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the end, the Get-Out-the Vote campaigns shed light not only on the problem of voter turnout in the 1920s, but on some of the problems that hamper the practice of full democracy even today.

Contents:

Introduction : making dominance

"Civic slackers" and "poll dodgers" : nonvoting and the construction of discursive dominance

"A whole fleet of campaigns" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns in overview

"Vote as you please, but vote!" : the leadership of the get-out-the-vote campaigns

"Good for at least 100 votes" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns at the local level

The expert citizen : civic education and the remaking of civic hierarchies

The methods of Wrigley and Barnum : the get-out-the-vote campaigns and the commodification of political culture

Conclusion : the new regime.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-9901-X

OCLC:

607435277