American Presidential Elections
American Presidential Elections
Series editors: Michael Nelson and John M. McCardell, Jr.
The concise and readable volumes in this series focus on key presidential elections, their historical significance and impact, and their continuing relevance for contemporary American politics, public policy, and society. Each book treats the election as a window into the politics of its time and examines what made the election interesting, distinctive, and historically significant.
Covered in each volume are the historical and political setting in which the election took place, the major contenders, the nominating process, the general election campaign, and significant congressional and state elections held in conjunction with the presidential election. Each volume not only provides an overall analysis and interpretation of what happened, but also examines in what ways the election shed light on the politics of the times and foreshadowed those that ensued.
For more information about the series, please contact: David Congdon, Acquisitions Editor: dcongdon@ku.edu.
American Presidential Elections - Series
Four Hats in the Ring
The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics
Lewis L. Gould
April 2008
254 pages
The Last Lincoln Republican
The Presidential Election of 1880
Benjamin T. Arrington
September 2020
232 pages
Minority Victory
Gilded Age Politics and the Front Porch Campaign of 1888
Charles W. Calhoun
November 2008
256 pages
Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox
The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation
Richard J. Ellis
June 2020
482 pages
The One-Party Presidential Contest
Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race
Donald Ratcliffe
October 2015
368 pages
Party over Section
The Rough and Ready Presidential Election of 1848
Joel H. Silbey
March 2009
214 pages