Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. The Devolution of 1800: Jefferson’s Election and the Birth of American Government 13
5. 2. The Bombshell of 1844 36
6. 3. Beyond the Realignment Synthesis: Th e 1860 Election Reconsidered 59
7. 4. Markets, Morality, and the Media: The Election of 1884 and the Iconography of Progressivism 75
8. 5. Anglophobia in Nineteenth- Century Elections, Politics, and Diplomacy 98
9. 6. The War and Peace Election of 1916 118
10. 7. Farewell to the “Smoke- Filled Room”: Parties, Interests, Public Relations, and the Election of 1924 139
11. 8. The New Deal in 1940: Embattled or Entrenched? 153
12. 9. “Why Don’t You Just Get an Actor?”: Th e Advent of Television in the 1952 Campaign 167
13. 10. Giving Liberalism a Window: Th e 1964 Election 184
14. 11. The 1980 Election: Victory Without Success 196
15. 12. Beyond the Water’s Edge: Foreign Policy and Electoral Politics 219
16. 13. From Corn to Caviar: Th e Evolution of Presidential Election Communications, 1960–2000 238
17. Notes 265
18. List of Contributors 319
19. Index 323
20. Acknowledgments 343