America at the ballot box : elections and American political history / edited by Gareth Davies and Julian E. Zelizer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The devolution of 1800 : Jefferson's election and the birth of American government / Jeffrey L. Pasley -- The bombshell of 1844 / Sean Wilentz -- Beyond the realignment synthesis : the 1860 election reconsidered / Adam I. P. Smith -- Markets, morality, and the media : the Election of 1884 and the iconography of Progressivism / Richard R. John -- Anglophobia in nineteenth-century elections, politics, and diplomacy / Jay Sexton -- The war and peace election of 1916 / Elizabeth Sanders -- Farewell to the "smoke-filled room" : parties, interests, public relations, and the election of 1924 / Bruce J. Schulman -- The New Deal in 1940 : embattled or entrenched? / Gareth Davies -- "Why don't you just get an actor?" : the advent of television in the 1952 campaign / Kevin M. Kruse -- Giving liberalism a window : the 1964 election / Julian E. Zelizer -- The 1980 election : victory without success / Meg Jacobs -- Beyond the water's edge : foreign policy and electoral politics / Andrew Preston -- From corn to caviar : the evolution of presidential election communications, 1960-2000 / Brian Balogh.

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