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Battleground 1948
Robert E Hartley
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Description for Battleground 1948
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation’s highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan showdowns. In Battleground 1948, Robert E. Hartley focuses on the races that ushered Adlai Stevenson, Paul Douglas, and Harry Truman into office, and offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its consequences.
In addition to in-depth revelations on the ... Read more
The election year of 1948 remains to this day one of the most astonishing in U.S. political history. During this first general election after World War II, Americans looked to their governments for change. As the battle for the nation’s highest office came to a head in Illinois, the state was embroiled in its own partisan showdowns. In Battleground 1948, Robert E. Hartley focuses on the races that ushered Adlai Stevenson, Paul Douglas, and Harry Truman into office, and offers the first comprehensive chronicle of this historic election year and its consequences.
In addition to in-depth revelations on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809332663
SKU
V9780809332663
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About Robert E Hartley
Robert E. Hartley is the author of a number of books for Southern Illinois University Press, including Paul Powell of Illinois: A Lifelong Democrat and Paul Simon: The Political Journey of an Illinois Original. He was a journalist for Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers in Illinois from 1962 to 1979 and served as executive editor of the Toledo Blade and as publisher of ... Read more
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