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서명/저자사항 | The age of acrimony : how American's fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915/ Jon Grinspan. |
개인저자 | Grinspan, Jon,author. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource: illustrations (some color). |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Grinspan, Jon. The age of acrimony New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. 9781635574623 |
ISBN | 1635574633 9781635574630 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
요약 | "A raucous history of American democracy at its wildest--and a bold rethinking of the relationship between the people and their politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven by vibrant campaigns that drew our highest-ever voter turnouts. At the century's end, reformers finally restrained this wild system, trading away participation for civility in the process. The result was a calmer, cleaner democracy, but also a more distant one. Americans' voting rates crashed and never recovered. This is the origin story of the "normal" politics of the 20th century. Only by exploring where that civility and restraint came from can we understand what is happening to our democracy today. The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable father-daughter dynasty. The radical congressman William "Pig Iron" Kelley and his fiery, Progressive daughter Florence Kelley led lives packed with drama, intimately tied to their nation's politics. Through their friendships and feuds, campaigns and crusades, Will and Florie trace the narrative of a democracy in crisis. In telling the tale of what it cost to cool our republic, historian Jon Grinspan reveals our divisive political system's enduring capacity to heal itself"-- |
해제 | Provided by publisher. |
주제명(개인명) | Kelley, William D.(William Darrah), -- 1814-1890. Kelley, Florence,1859-1932. Kelley, Florence,1859-1932. -- fast -- Kelley, William D.(William Darrah), -- 1814-1890. -- fast -- |
주제명(단체명) | United States. --Congress. --House United States. --Congress. --House. |
주제명(지명) | United States --Politics and government --1865-1933. Philadelphia (Pa.) --Biography. Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. --fast United States. --fast |
일반주제명 | Women social reformers --United States --Biography. Legislators --United States --Biography. Social problems --United States --History --19th century. Legislators. Politics and government. Women social reformers. |
언어 | 영어 |
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