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100	1		_aGrinspan, Jon, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe age of acrimony : _bhow Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915 / _cJon Grinspan.
246	3	0	_aHow Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axiv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-356) and index.
505	0		_aPart one: Pure democracy, 1865-1877. "The one question of the age is settled" ; "The great American game" ; "The game going on at Washington" ; "I boast of Philadelphia at all times" ; "Swallow it down" ; "If anybody says election to me, I want to fight" -- Part two: The law of everything is competition, 1877-1890. "Bother politics!" ; "When a man works in politics, he should get something out of it" ; "Where do all these cranks come from?" ; "Now we shall have the worst again" ; "A young lady, now in Europe, who bears my name" ; "Reformers who eat roast beef" ; "A man who has been through as much as I have" -- Part three: New weapons of democracy, 1890-1915. "Some changes must occur very soon now" ; "The secret cause" ; "Investigate, agitate, legislate" ; "The right not to vote" ; "It runs in our blood to be leaders".
520			_a"A raucous history of American democracy at its wildest--and a bold rethinking of the relationship between the people and their politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven by vibrant campaigns that drew our highest-ever voter turnouts. At the century's end, reformers finally restrained this wild system, trading away participation for civility in the process. The result was a calmer, cleaner democracy, but also a more distant one. Americans' voting rates crashed and never recovered. This is the origin story of the "normal" politics of the 20th century. Only by exploring where that civility and restraint came from can we understand what is happening to our democracy today. The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable father-daughter dynasty. The radical congressman William "Pig Iron" Kelley and his fiery, Progressive daughter Florence Kelley led lives packed with drama, intimately tied to their nation's politics. Through their friendships and feuds, campaigns and crusades, Will and Florie trace the narrative of a democracy in crisis. In telling the tale of what it cost to cool our republic, historian Jon Grinspan reveals our divisive political system's enduring capacity to heal itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1865-1933. _973420
600	1	0	_aKelley, William D. _q(William Darrah), _d1814-1890.
600	1	0	_aKelley, Florence, _d1859-1932.
650		0	_aSocial problems _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aWomen social reformers _zUnited States _vBiography. _960920
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCongress. _bHouse _vBiography. _963707
650		0	_aLegislators _zUnited States _vBiography. _951722
651		0	_aPhiladelphia (Pa.) _vBiography. _9234822
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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