Hail to the Candidate: Presidential Campaigns from Banners to Broadcasts
by Melder, Keith E
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1560981784
- ISBN 13
- 9781560981787
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. xii, 212 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "From the age of Washington on, voting our presidents in has been a quintessential American ritual. Hail to the Candidate details two hundred years of presidential campaigns, a tradition one observer has called the 'longest folk festival in the world.' As a chronicle of the changing character of American electioneering, the book captures the intensity and popularity of campaigns past and displays the array of devices candidates have used to project a positive image." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction. Hurrah for the campaign!; Imagery of campaigning and campaign devices; Origins: Emblems of honor and glory; Mobilizing the multitudes; Partisan campaigning, 1860-1896; Personal campaigning; Rally 'round the candidate; Be a party girl: Campaign appeals to women, by Edith P. Mayo; TV and the Ike age, by William L. Bird, Jr.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040358
- Title
- Hail to the Candidate: Presidential Campaigns from Banners to Broadcasts
- Author
- Melder, Keith E
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1560981784
- ISBN 13
- 9781560981787
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques; American / 4. Late 19th Century; Media / Posters;
Terms of Sale
LEFT COAST BOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
LEFT COAST BOOKS
Biblio member since 2016
Santa Barbara, California
About LEFT COAST BOOKS
Established in Santa Barbara, California, in 2004, Left Coast Books specializes in ART BOOKS, offering thousands of titles on painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, design, photography, film, video, and performance art. We also sell classics, literature, history, and a broad variety of useful academic books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...