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The Coming of Democracy

Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson

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The Coming of Democracy

Written by: Mark R. Cheathem
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
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In The Coming of Democracy, Mark R. Cheathem examines the evolution of presidential campaigning from 1824 to 1840. Addressing the roots of early republic cultural politics - from campaign biographies to songs, political cartoons, and public correspondence between candidates and voters - Cheathem asks the listener to consider why such informal political expressions increased so dramatically during the Jacksonian period. What sounded and looked like mere entertainment, he argues, held important political meaning. The extraordinary voter participation rate - more than 80 percent - in the 1840 presidential election indicated that both substantive issues and cultural politics drew Americans into the presidential selection process.

Drawing on period newspapers, diaries, memoirs, and public and private correspondence, The Coming of Democracy is the first book-length treatment to reveal how presidents and presidential candidates used both old and new forms of cultural politics to woo voters and win elections in the Jacksonian era.

This audiobook will appeal to anyone interested in US politics, the Jacksonian/antebellum era, or the presidency.

©2018 Johns Hopkins University Press (P)2019 HighBridge Company
Elections & Political Process Ideologies & Doctrines Political Science United States War of 1812
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