The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America

by Aram Goudsouzian

Book Overview

The presidential election of 1968 forever changed American politics. In this character-driven narrative history, Aram Goudsouzian portrays the key transformations that played out over that dramatic year. It was the last Old Politics campaign, where political machines and party bosses determined the major nominees, even as the New Politics of grassroots participation powered primary elections. It was an election that showed how candidates from both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469651092
• ISBN13: 9781469651095
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 9.2"