Umfang:
1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN:
9780252056666
Serie:
The working class in American history
Inhalt:
"Confidence man and canny operative, charlatan and manipulator--William A. A. Carsey emerged from the shadow of Tammany Hall to build a career undermining working-class political organizations on behalf of the Democratic Party. Mark A. Lause's biography of Carsey takes readers inside the bare-knuckle era of Gilded Age politics. An astroturfing trailblazer and master of dirty tricks, Carsey fit perfectly into a Democratic Party that based much of its post-Civil War revival on shattering third parties and gathering up the pieces. Lause provides an in-depth look at Carsey's tactics and successes against the backdrop of enormous changes in political life. As Carsey used a carefully crafted public persona to burrow into unsuspecting organizations, the forces he represented worked to create a political system that turned voters into disengaged civic consumers and cemented America's ever-fractious two-party system"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Prologue. Carsey's paternities : the son of the streets and the odysseys of Father Columbia -- Paper party power broker : the entrepreneurial roots of labor reform insurgency -- Independents and partisan pantomimes : the dilemma of third parties under a two-party system -- Counterfeiting class : the secret society tradition and the deep origins of the American Federation of Labor -- Monopolizing antimonopolism : Ben Butler and the preemption of insurgency -- The path through populism : from Henry George to William Jennings Bryan -- Epilogue. Carsey's progeny : the forgotten grandfather of American progressivism and the political unmaking of an American working class.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780252045783
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780252087899
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lause, Mark A., 1950 - Counterfeiting labor's voice Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2024 ISBN 9780252045783
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780252087899
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
Carsey, William A. A. 1841-1914
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USA
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Arbeiterbewegung
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Sozialpolitik
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Geschichte
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