The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson (Written by Mark R. Cheathem)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson Author: Mark R. Cheathem Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: In The Coming of Democracy, Mark R. Cheathem examines the evolution of presidential campaigning from 1824 to 1840. Addressing the roots of early republic cultural politics—from campaign biographies to songs, political cartoons, and public correspondence between candidates and voters—Cheathem asks the listener to consider why such informal political expressions increased so dramatically during the Jacksonian period. What sounded and looked like mere entertainment, he argues, held important political meaning. The extraordinary voter participation rate—over 80 percent—in the 1840 presidential election indicated that both substantive issues and cultural politics drew Americans into the presidential selection process. Drawing on period newspapers, diaries, memoirs, and public and private correspondence, The Coming of Democracy is the first book-length treatment to reveal how presidents and presidential candidates used both old and new forms of cultural politics to woo voters and win elections in the Jacksonian era. This book will appeal to anyone interested in U.S. politics, the Jacksonian/antebellum era, or the presidency.