the hustings in British politics from Hogarth to Blair /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jon Lawrence.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-314) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Spirit of the Hustings; 1. John Bull at the Hustings: Electoral Politics from the Ancien Regime to the Second Reform Act; 2. The Fall of the Hustings and the Rise of the Platform; 3. Money, Men, and Mayhem: Electoral Politics before the First World War; 4. War, Women, and the 'Silent Majority'; 5. Towards the New Jerusalem; 6. The Decline of the Platform; 7. The Local Campaign in the Television Age; 8. Broadcasting Politics; 9. The Public Banished?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, Jon Lawrence explores the changing relationship between politicians and public. Throughout this period, he argues, British politics has been characterized by bruising public rituals intended to bestow legitimacy on politicians by oblig.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Electing our masters.
International Standard Book Number
0199550123
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Elections-- Great Britain-- History.
Political campaigns-- Great Britain-- History.
Elections.
Political campaigns.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
Politics and government
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Politics and government, 18th century.
Great Britain, Politics and government, 19th century.
Great Britain, Politics and government, 20th century.