Rum, romanism & rebellion : the making of a president, 1884 / Mark Wahlgren Summers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summers, Mark W. (Mark Wahlgren), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1884.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Other Title:

Rum, romanism, and rebellion

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns in American history. The author suggests that both Democrats and Republicans sensed a political system falling apart, as voters drifted from being affiliated to a specific party to voting according to a candidate's stand on a particular issue.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue: Judgment Day; 1. No Business To-Day Other Than Politics; 2. The Dispirit of '76; 3. The Bloody Shirt—In Hoc Signo Vinces; 4. The Politics of Personality; 5. O Temperance, O Mores!; 6. The Protection Racket; 7. The Democrats Rise from the Dead; 8. The Passing of Arthur; 9. We Love Him for the Enemies He Has Made; 10. The Public Be Crammed!; 11. Love's Libels Lost; 12. Windypendents' Day; 13. Ireland Sold for Gold!; 14. Sideshows; 15. Carrying the War into Africa; 16. Local All Over; 17. Clerical Errors; 18. Lord! But We Skirted the Edge!

19. Justice at Last!Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-367) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872142

9780807875117

0807875112

OCLC:

476237577