The Decline of Popular Politics: The American North, 1865-1928 - Hardcover

McGerr, Michael E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735103593 ISBN 13: 9780735103597

Publisher: Replica Books, 2001

Synopsis

Portrays the history of voting from the spectacular ritual of a century ago, to educational electioneering, to the advertised campaigns of today

About this title

Review:

"Well written, well researched, and extensively footnoted....Recommended for college and university libraries."―Choice

"McGerr deftly traces the transformation from popular to elitist politics....[His] argument deserves a wide audience."―Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

"McGerr arrays prodigious research in manuscript collections and newspapers....[He] approach[es] political history in fresh and energetic fashion and deserve[s] credit for impressive research that enables [him] to answer old questions in new and intriguing ways."―American Historical Review

"McGerr provides a rewarding, even nostalgic, glimpse into the way politics used to be in this country, and a reader can spin out some intriguing implications from his study."―The New Leader

"Carefully reasoned, persuasive....Revisionist history at its most enlightening."―Booklist

About the Author:

About the Author: Michael McGerr is Assistant Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About this edition

• Publisher: Replica Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0735103593
• ISBN 13: 9780735103597
• Binding: Hardcover