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10%OFFMargaret O´mara - Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century - 9780812223934 - V9780812223934
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Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century

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Description for Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century Paperback. From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections-1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992-using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

Serious and silly, unifying and polarizing, presidential elections have become events that Americans love and hate. Today's elections cost billions of dollars and consume the nation's attention for months, filling television airwaves and online media with endless advertising and political punditry, often heated, vitriolic, and petty. Yet presidential elections also provoke and inspire mass engagement of ordinary citizens in the political system. No matter how frustrated or disinterested voters might be about politics and government, every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, the attention of the nation—and the world—focuses on the candidates, the contest, and the issues. The ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812223934
SKU
V9780812223934
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About Margaret O´mara
Margaret O'Mara is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington and author of Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley.

Reviews for Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century
"A completely captivating read. Margaret O'Mara draws an irresistibly vivid portrait of modern politics, one that takes readers on a delightful tour of the recent past-and puts our own modern-day battles into terrific context. Just a delicious book, written by an authoritative historian and brilliant narrator."
Anne Kornblut, Washington Post
"Pivotal Tuesdays is a substantial achievement-a trenchant, balanced ... Read more

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