Hats in the Ring: An Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns - Rilegato

Cornog, Evan; Whelan, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0679457305 ISBN 13: 9780679457305

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2000

Riassunto

Published to coincide with the fall 2000 elections, a lively, narrative history of American presidential campaigns is complemented by more than 250 full-color and black-and-white illustrations, including leaflets, cartoons, posters, campaign buttons, and other memorabilia and includes profiles of the candidates, a look at their individual campaigns and platforms, and more. 25,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Evan Cornog is the author of The Birth of Empire: DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-
1828, and is currently an associate dean at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in New York City.

Richard Whelan, an independent cultural historian, is the author of numerous books, including acclaimed biographies of Robert Capa and Alfred Stieglitz. He lives in Brooklyn.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

a suffers from a sort of intermittent fever. . . . Every fourth year there come terrible shakings, passing into the hot fit of the presidential election; then follows what physicians call 'the interval'; then the fit again."
--James Bryce,
The American Commonwealth, 1888


Once every four years, Americans enter into a months-long national spectacle, one with bitter battles, high drama, often hilarious blunders, and, ultimately, a victor to whom we entrust the leadership of our country. It is a process integral to the American ideals of freedom and democracy, and each election reveals a tremendous amount about where and who we are as a nation. In Hats in the Ring, Evan Cornog and Richard Whelan have created a hugely entertaining, splendidly illustrated history of every election from Washington's to Clinton's. For the first ti

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679457305
• ISBN 13: 9780679457305
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 318
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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