By Stan M. Haynes
Historians contemplate the overdue nineteenth century an period of political corruption, whilst get together bosses managed the conventions and selected the nominees. but the applicants nominated through either Republicans and Democrats in this interval received regardless of the competition of the bosses, and have been adverse by means of them as soon as in office.
This ebook analyzes the pageantry, drama, speeches, ideas, structures, deal-making and infrequently wonderful results of the presidential nominating conventions of the Gilded Age, debunking many wildely-held ideals approximately politics in a much-maligned era.
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