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Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns 1960-2000

Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns 1960-2000 Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Jeremy D. Mayer

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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New York: Random House, 2002. M4 - A first edition (stated with numberline "98765432") hardcover book SIGNED by Jeremy Mayer on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, less than an inch tear with wrinkling, chipping and peeling on the front top right corner, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 368 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Racial politics has permeated American presidential campaigns for more than half a century. From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, presidents-to-be and their adversaries have dealt with the problems and the opportunities presented by America's bitter racial divide. Some chose to embrace racial progress, others to play to the white backlash, and still others attempted to do both, often with surprising success. Jeremy D. Mayer has studied every presidential race from JFK's campaign in 1960 to George W. Bush's in 2000 and the crucial difference the black vote has made in each election. Mayer discusses in detail: *the 1960 election, where John F. Kennedy brilliantly straddled the civil rights issue. In an effort to satisfy white southerners, he spoke appeasing words to segregated white audiences, and to attract black voters, he called Coretta Scott King while her husband was imprisoned. *the 1976 primary race between Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford - the last time the black vote mattered for Republicans. Since then, the Republican path to the presidency has been almost entirely white, allowing Republicans to continue rightward on race without costs. Every Republican victory in the modern era has been a product of the incorrigibly white Republican coalition, a coalition nurtured even today by Bush's ambivalence toward the Confederate flag in 2000. *"the odd silence of Ronald Reagan,' who was known as a leading opponent of almost every civil rights bill and yet in his 1980 and 1984 campaigns largely avoided the topic. Mayer explains why Reagan's strategy was so successful. *the cynical exploitation of the fear of racial violence as a means to keep black voters loyal to the Democratic Party in the presidential elections of 1980, 1996, and 2000. Mayer shows how both parties have learned to play the race card with vicious effectiveness. By looking at this all-important aspect of our political life and coming up with new information, Mayer offers fresh insights into one of the most significant factors in our process of determining who governs us.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns 1960-2000
  • Author Jeremy D. Mayer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2209ec1054
  • ISBN 9780375506253 / 037550625X
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.53 x 6.46 x 1.24 in (24.21 x 16.41 x 3.15 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, United States - Politics and government -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001048986
  • Dewey Decimal Code 324.973

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