Counterfeiting Labor's Voice : William A. A. Carsey and the Shaping of American Reform Politics Hardback
by Mark A. Lause
Part of the Working Class in American History series
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Confidence man and canny operative, charlatan and manipulator--William A.
A. Carsey emerged from the shadow of Tammany Hall to build a career undermining working-class political organizations on behalf of the Democratic Party.
Mark A. Lause’s biography of Carsey takes readers inside the bare-knuckle era of Gilded Age politics.
An astroturfing trailblazer and master of dirty tricks, Carsey fit perfectly into a Democratic Party that based much of its post-Civil War revival on shattering third parties and gathering up the pieces.
Lause provides an in-depth look at Carsey’s tactics and successes against the backdrop of enormous changes in political life.
As Carsey used a carefully crafted public persona to burrow into unsuspecting organizations, the forces he represented worked to create a political system that turned voters into disengaged civic consumers and cemented America’s ever-fractious two-party system.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages, 9 black & white photographs
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:06/05/2024
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- ISBN:9780252045783
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Pre-Order
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:208 pages, 9 black & white photographs
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:06/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252045783
