{"product_id":"democracy-delayed-charles-w-eagles-9780820336220","title":"Democracy Delayed: Congressional Reapportionment and Urban-Rural Conflict in the 1920s","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorians have customarily explained the 1920s in terms of urban-rural conflict, arguing that cultural, ethnic, and economic differences between urban and rural Americans erupted to intensify and influence political conflict in the decade. In \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Delayed\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles W. Eagles uses the issue of congressional reapportionment to examine politics in the 1920s, in particular to test the urban-rural thesis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the 1920 census, the United States Congress for the first time failed to reapportion the House of Representatives as required by the Constitution. The 1920 enumeration showed that for the first time more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. During a decade-long stalemate, congressional debates over reapportionment legislation contained repeated examples of violence and hostility as rural representatives resisted acceding to increased urban interests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEagles points out that previous studies employing the urban-rural theory use an abstract model borrowed from the social sciences. Eagles combines historiography, narrative political history, and legislative roll-call analysis to provide extensive concrete evidence and a more precise definition of the urban-rural interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles W. Eagles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082033622X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820336220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Charles W. Eagles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926508568831,"sku":"9780820336220","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_15ef1881-e0aa-4309-bf75-3c64ba310b2d.jpg?v=1681083469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-delayed-charles-w-eagles-9780820336220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}