{"product_id":"american-ballot-box-in-the-richard-franklin-bensel-9780521831017","title":"American Ballot Box in the Mid 19C","description":"Unlike modern elections, the American polling place of the mid-nineteenth century was thoroughly endowed with symbolic meaning for individuals who otherwise would not have had the least interest in politics. This made the polls exciting and encouraged men to vote at far higher rates than they do today. Men who approached a polling place were met by agents of the major political parties. They treated the voters with whiskey, gave them petty bribes, and urged that they should be loyal to their ethnic and religious communities. As reported in the eyewitness accounts of ordinary voters, the polls were almost always crowded, noisy, and often, violent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Franklin Bensel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521831016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521831017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 1097","brand":"Richard Franklin Bensel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46738978898175,"sku":"9780521831017","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_016754a3-1179-43bd-8063-120f735c3a86.jpg?v=1743276844","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-ballot-box-in-the-richard-franklin-bensel-9780521831017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}