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Author Gidlow, Liette Patricia.

Title The big vote [electronic resource] : gender, consumer culture, and the politics of exclusion, 1890s-1920s / Liette Gidlow.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007, c2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.
Description xi, 260 p., [8] p. of plates.
Series Reconfiguring American political history
Reconfiguring American political history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : making dominance -- "Civic slackers" and "poll dodgers" : nonvoting and the construction of discursive dominance -- "A whole fleet of campaigns" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns in overview -- "Vote as you please, but vote!" : the leadership of the get-out-the-vote campaigns -- "Good for at least 100 votes" : the get-out-the-vote campaigns at the local level -- The expert citizen : civic education and the remaking of civic hierarchies -- The methods of Wrigley and Barnum : the get-out-the-vote campaigns and the commodification of political culture -- Conclusion : the new regime.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Political participation -- United States.
Voting -- United States.
Women -- Political activity -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0801878640 (alk. paper)
9780801886379
0801886376 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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