Politics of Community - Migration and Politics in Antebellum Ohio

Zusammenfassung Professor Winkle explores the influence of migration on rules of suffrage! conduct of elections! patterns of voting! recruitment of political leaders! and local party organizations! as they all emerged before the Civil War. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures; Preface; Introduction; 1. The tide of emigration; 2. An electorate in motion; 3. From meeting to election: migration and suffrage; 4. The defended community: migration and elections; 5. 'A movable column': migration and voting; 6. The core community: migration and leadership; 7. Migration and local politics: an antebellum election; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth J. Winkle, Winkle Kenneth J.
• Assisted by: Robert Fogel (Editor), Stephan Thernstrom (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521526180
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52618-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ohio, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas