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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

by Robin D. G. Kelley

Between 1929 and 1941, the Communist Party organized and led a radical, militantly antiracist movement in Alabama—the center of Party activity in the Depression South. Hammer and Hoe documents the efforts of the Alabama Communist Party and its allies to secure racial, economic, and political reforms. Sensitive to the complexities of gender, race, culture and class without compromising the political narrative,... (more)

Party of the People: A History of the Democrats

Party of the People: A History of the Democrats

by Jules Witcover

After more than two centuries of sometimes stormy, always intriguing history, the Democratic Party of the United States survives as the oldest political organization in the world. In Party of the People , veteran political chronicler Jules Witcover traces the Democratic Party’s evolution, from its roots in the agrarian, individualistic concepts of Thomas Jefferson to its emergence as today’s progressive party of... (more)

The House: The History of the House of Representatives

The House: The History of the House of Representatives

by Robert V. Remini

Throughout America's history, the House has played a central role in shaping the nation's destiny. In this incomparable single-volume history, distinguished historian Robert V. Remini traces the institution from a struggling, nascent body to the venerable powerhouse it has become since America's rise on the world stage. The essential drama of democracy—the struggle between principle and pragmatism—is showcased... (more)

America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election

America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election

by Bernard A. Weisberger

"Bernard Weisberger has once again brought the past to life. If you want to experience the crossfire of intellectual and political ferment at the dawn of our Republic, open these pages and start ducking." --Bill Moyers America Afire is the powerful story of the election of 1800, arguably the most important election in America's history and certainly one of the most hotly disputed. American self-government was... (more)

Windy City: A Novel of Politics

by Scott Simon

The acclaimed author of the intensely powerful novel Pretty Birds , Scott Simon now gives us a story that is both laugh-out-loud funny and heart-piercing–as sprawling and brawling as Chicago, where politics is a contact sport. The mayor of Chicago is found in his office late at night, sitting in his boxer shorts, facedown dead in a pizza. The mayor was a hero and a rascal: dynamic, charming, ingenious,... (more)

Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics (American Presidential Elections)

Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics (American Presidential Elections)

by Lewis L. Gould

Imagine a presidential election with four well-qualified and distinguished candidates and a serious debate over the future of the nation! Sound impossible in this era of attack ads and strident partisanship? It happened nearly a century ago in 1912, when incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, former president Theodore Roosevelt running as the Progressive Party candidate, Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, and... (more)

Grass Roots Politics: Parties, Issues, and Voters, 1854-1983 (Grass Roots Perspectives on American History)

Grass Roots Politics: Parties, Issues, and Voters, 1854-1983 (Grass Roots Perspectives on American History)

by Richard J. Jensen

Richard Jensen offers a new interpretation of the last 180 years of American political history--one seen from the grass roots perspective. He is concerned with the individual voter's relationship to the party, the issues, and the campaigns. He explores the evolution of American political parties in terms of their appeal to individual voters, of the issues selected, and campaign strategies. He examines different... (more)

Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences

Horses in Midstream: U.S. Midterm Elections and Their Consequences

by Andrew Busch

Horses in Midstream breaks the mold of midterm election literature by focusing on the consequences of midterm elections rather than on the causes of the anti-administration pattern of those elections. The book concludes that the midterm pattern has two primary consequences: it stymies the President and provides an opportunity for the revitalization of the opposition party-and that numerical losses by the... (more)

The 1928 Campaign: An Analysis

by Thomas C. Donnelly, Roy Victor Peel

“There is more of political science in this slight volume than is contained in many a ponderous tome purporting to deal with government.... The discussion of the tactics and strategy of the conflict is particularly illuminating, and the consideration of the respective candidates' traits for leadership is revealing. The monograph is an intelligent treatment of a colorful campaign.”– American Political Science... (more)

Catholic Runs for President: The Campaign of 1928Edmund A. Moore

Catholic Runs for President: The Campaign of 1928

by Edmund A. Moore

Rum, Religion, And Votes: 1928 Re-Examined

Rum, Religion, And Votes: 1928 Re-Examined

by Ruth Caridad Silva

The first section of this book presents arithmetic evidence that Alfred Smith was a strong Democratic candidate in 1928. The second presents statistical proof that the so-called liquor, religious, and metropolitan issues had no significant relation to Smith's electoral strength. The third and final section is concerned with problems of political historiography in the study of American elections.

America at the Polls 1920-1956 - Harding to Eisenhower: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics (America at the Polls)

America at the Polls 1920-1956 - Harding to Eisenhower: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics (America at the Polls)

by Mcgillivray a, Scammon R, Cook R

This book brings together comprehensive and officially certified election results for each county in the nation. This comprehensive reference of basic presidential election results provides the only readily available timeline of election results stretching over more than seven decades. Easy-to-use tables aid research and clear state maps show where counties are located to help reseachers have a better... (more)

The commoner: William Jennings BryanCharles Morrow Wilson

The commoner: William Jennings Bryan

by Charles Morrow Wilson

By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 (American Presidential Elections)

By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 (American Presidential Elections)

by Michael F. Holt

With electoral votes disputed in three states, a Democrat winning the popular vote, and the Supreme Court stepping in to overrule Florida court decisions, the presidential election of 1876 was an eerie precursor to that of 2000. Rutherford Hayes's defeat of Samuel Tilden has been dubbed the "fraud of the century"; now one of America's preeminent political historians digs deeper to unravel its real significance. ... (more)

The Age of Jackson

by Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger

from front cover:A landmark in American writing--an abridged edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the "meaning" of democracy

Walls & Bars: Prisons & Prison Life In The "Land Of The Free"

Walls & Bars: Prisons & Prison Life In The "Land Of The Free"

by Eugene V Debs, Eugene V. Debs

Deb's only full-length book (first published in 1927) is a lively memoir as well as a stirring critique, drawing on his own prison experiences. He served time for his leading role in the Pullman Strike in 1894, and was sent to the penitentiary again in 1919 for opposing World War 1. In 1920, as Convict N. 9653, he ran for President on the Socialist ticket and received a million votes. Debs explains in this book... (more)

Miami and the Siege of Chicago : An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (Primus Library of Contemporary Americana)

Miami and the Siege of Chicago : An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (Primus Library of Contemporary Americana)

by Norman Mailer

1968. The Vietnam War was raging. President Lyndon Johnson, facing a challenge in his own Democratic Party from the maverick antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy, announced that he would not seek a second term. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and riots broke out in inner cities throughout America. Bobby Kennedy was killed after winning the California primary in June. In August, Republicans met in... (more)

Arguing about Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress

Arguing about Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress

by William Lee Miller

In the 1830s slavery was so deeply entrenched that it could not even be discussed in Congress, which had enacted a "gag rule" to ensure that anti-slavery petitions would be summarily rejected. This stirring book chronicles the parliamentary battle to bring "the peculiar institution" into the national debate, a battle that some historians have called "the Pearl Harbor of the slavery controversy." The campaign to... (more)

The turning point : Jefferson's battle for the Presidency

The turning point : Jefferson's battle for the Presidency

by Frank Van der Linden

Frank van der Linden became a Civil War historian after nearly half a century as a Washington newspaper correspondent, covering Congress and the White House. He first interviewed President Harry Truman at a poker party for congressional Democrats in 1945 and closed his White House career with President George H. W. Bush.

John D. Hicks

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