{"product_id":"deplorable-mary-e-stuckey-9780271091761","title":"Deplorable: The Worst Presidential Campaigns from Jefferson to Trump","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolitical campaigns in the United States, especially those for the presidency, can be nasty--very nasty. And while we would like to believe that the 2020 election was an aberration, insults, invective, and yes, even violence have characterized US electoral politics since the republic's early days. By examining the political discourse around nine particularly deplorable elections, Mary E. Stuckey seeks to explain why. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the contest that pitted Thomas Jefferson against John Adams in 1800 through 2020's vicious, chaotic matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Stuckey documents the cycle of despicable discourse in presidential campaigns. Looking beyond the character and the ideology of the candidates, Stuckey explores the broader political, economic, and cultural milieus in which each took place. In doing so, she reveals the conditions that exacerbate and enable our worst political instincts, producing discourses that incite factions, target members of the polity, encourage undemocratic policy, and actively work against the national democratic project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeenly analytical and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eDeplorable \u003c\/i\u003eprovides context for the 2016 and 2020 elections, revealing them as part of a cyclical--and perhaps downward-spiraling--pattern in American politics. \u003ci\u003eDeplorable\u003c\/i\u003e offers more than a comparison of the worst of our elections. It helps us understand these shameful and disappointing moments in our political history, leaving one important question: Can we avoid them in the future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary E. Stuckey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271091762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271091761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.44w x 1.03d","brand":"Mary E. Stuckey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044355633407,"sku":"9780271091761","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c53e08e-0ef7-4960-8bbe-3d6f84d50141.jpg?v=1684972379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deplorable-mary-e-stuckey-9780271091761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}