Counterfeiting Labor's Voice : William A. A. Carsey and the Shaping of American Reform Politics
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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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- ISBN-13: 9780252045783
- ISBN-10: 0252045785
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publish Date: April 2024
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 208
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