{"product_id":"party-games-getting-keeping-and-using-power-in-gilded-age-politics-paperback","title":"Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Wahlgren Summers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real difference on policy. In \u003ci\u003eParty Games\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Wahlgren Summers tells the full story and admires much of the political carnival, but he adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying, election-rigging, blackguarding, news suppression, and violence.\u003cbr\u003e Summers also points out that hardball politics and third-party challenges helped make the parties more responsive. Ballyhoo did not replace government action. In order to maintain power, major parties not only rigged the system but also gave dissidents part of what they wanted. The persistence of a two-party system, Summers concludes, resulted from its adaptability, as well as its ruthlessness. Even the reform of political abuses was shaped to fit the needs of the real owners of the political system--the politicians themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Wahlgren Summers is Thomas D. Clark Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. He is author of many books, including \"The Press Gang: Newspapers and Politics, 1865-1878\" and \"Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.42 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279552463097,"sku":"9780807855379","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/V0diSGloRWhwbDlHaFBOa0VKdUFxdz09.webp?v=1769022743","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/party-games-getting-keeping-and-using-power-in-gilded-age-politics-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}