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Obama, Clinton, Palin : making history in election 2008 / edited by Liette Gidlow.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack.
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham.
- Palin, Sarah, 1964-.
- Palin, Sarah.
- Presidents--United States--Election--2008.
- Presidents.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- Political campaigns--United States--History--21st century.
- Political campaigns.
- Women--Political activity--United States--History--21st century.
- Women.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Election 2008 made American history. Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton smashed through some of the most enduring barriers to high political office, but their candidacies did not come out of nowhere. In these essays, a group of historians explore how the candidates challenged and reinforced historic stereotypes of race and sex.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Representations : is Hillary man enough? Is Barack black enough? Is Michelle the new Jacqueline Kennedy?
- pt. II. Historical precedents, or How election 2008 began before the Civil War
- pt. III. Legacies : democracy undermined? Feminism redefined?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09365-8
- 1-283-98924-7
- OCLC:
- 827454875
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