Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. BushOxford University Press, 2004 M07 22 - 496 páginas Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years? Or is the current style of campaigning a new political development? In this revised and updated edition of Presidential Campaigns the answers to these questions are clear: the race for the presidency, although at times mean and nasty, has always been an endlessly entertaining and highly-charged spectacle for the American public. This book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush, bringing these boisterous contests to life in all their richness and complexity. In the old days, Boller shows, campaigns were much rowdier than they are today. Back in the nineteenth century, the invective at election time was exuberant and the mudslinging unrestrained; a candidate might be called everything from a carbuncle-faced old drunkard to a howling atheist. But there was plenty of fun and games, too, with songs and slogans, speeches and parades, all livening up the scene in order to get people to the polls.Presidential Campaigns takes note of the serious side of elections even as it documents the frenzy, frolic and the sleaze. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing an election and presenting "campaign highlights" that bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. With a postscript analyzing the major changes in the ways Americans have chosen their Presidents from Washington's time to the present, Presidential Campaigns gives the reader a full picture of this somewhat flawed procedure. For all of its shortcomings, though, this "great American shindig" is an essential part of the American democratic system and, for better or for worse, tells us much about ourselves. |
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5 1804Jeffersons Landslide | 19 |
6 1808Madison and the Dambargo | 22 |
7 1812Madisons Wartime Reelection | 26 |
Another Virginia Victory | 29 |
30 1904TRs Smashing Victory | 183 |
31 1908Tafts Big Victory Over Bryan | 187 |
Wilson Roosevelt and Taft | 191 |
33 1916Wilson and the Great War | 202 |
34 1920Harding Nostrums and Normalcy | 212 |
35 1924Keeping Cool with Coolidge | 218 |
36 1928Hoover Smith and the Catholic Issue | 223 |
37 1932Roosevelt Hoover and the Great Depression | 231 |
9 1820Monroes Quiet Reelection | 31 |
10 1824John Quincy Adams and the Corrupt Bargain | 33 |
11 1828Jackson vs Adams | 42 |
12 1832Jackson Clay and the Bank War | 53 |
13 1836Van Burens Victory Over Three Whigs | 60 |
14 1840Tippecanoe and Tyler Too | 65 |
15 1844Polk and Manifest Destiny | 78 |
16 1848Old Zach and the Michigander | 84 |
17 1852Frank Pierce and Old Fuss and Feathers | 88 |
18 1856Buchanan and Bleeding Kansas | 91 |
19 1860Lincoln and the Sectional Crisis | 99 |
20 1864Lincoln and the War Crisis | 115 |
21 1868Grant and Reconstruction | 123 |
22 1872Grant and the Liberal Republicans | 127 |
23 1876The HayesTilden Disputed Election | 133 |
24 1880The Triumph of Boatman Jim Garfield | 142 |
25 1884The ClevelandBlaine Contest | 146 |
26 1888Harrison Cleveland and the Tariff | 157 |
27 1892Clevelands Return to Power | 162 |
28 1896McKinley Bryan and Free Silver | 167 |
29 1900The McKinleyRoosevelt Triumph | 179 |
38 1936Roosevelt and the New Deal | 240 |
39 1940Roosevelt Willkie and the War in Europe | 250 |
40 1944Roosevelts Wartime Mandate | 259 |
41 1948The Great Truman Surprise | 268 |
42 1952The Eisenhower Landslide | 280 |
43 1956Another Eisenhower Landslide | 291 |
44 1960Kennedy and the New Frontier | 296 |
45 1964Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society | 308 |
46 1968Nixon Humphrey and the Vietnam War | 320 |
47 1972Another Nixon Triumph | 333 |
Jimmy Carter | 342 |
49 1980The Reagan Victory | 354 |
50 1984Another Reagan Sweep | 369 |
Bush vs Dukakis | 378 |
52 1992Clinton and the Call for Change | 387 |
53 1996Bill Clinton and the Vital Center | 400 |
54 2000Bush Gore and the Supreme Court | 406 |
PostscriptPresidential Campaigns through the Years | 415 |
Notes | 421 |
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