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The Iowa precinct caucuses : the making of a media event / Hugh Winebrenner and Dennis J. Goldford.
- Title
- The Iowa precinct caucuses : the making of a media event / Hugh Winebrenner and Dennis J. Goldford.
- Author
- Winebrenner, Hugh, 1937-
- Publication
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | JK521 .W55 2010 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Goldford, Dennis J., 1948-
- Description
- xiv, 363 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The third edition of this classic book has been updated to include the elections of 2000, which saw the first winner of the Iowa caucuses to reach the White House since 1976; of 2004 and the roller-coaster fortunes of Howard Dean and John Kerry; and of 2008 and the unlikely emergence of Barack Obama as a presidential contender. --Book Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Bur oak book
- Uniform Title
- Bur oak book.
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The media and American politics : an overview -- Iowa : a political and demographic profile -- The Iowa Precinct caucuses : the decades of obscurity -- The 1968 and 1972 caucuses : the emergence of a national event -- The 1976 caucuses : the making of a front-runner -- The 1980 caucuses : a media event becomes an institution -- The 1984 caucuses : the kickoff of a front-loaded season -- The 1988 caucuses : a media extravaganza -- The 1992 caucuses : a favorite son emerges -- The 1996 caucuses : back in the limelight -- The 2000 caucuses : more important than ever -- The 2004 caucuses : change and continuity -- The 2008 caucuses : from Iowa to the White House -- Media event or local event? The caucuses in perspective.
- ISBN
- 9781587299155 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1587299151 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781587299544 (e-book)
- 1587299542 (e-book)
- LCCN
- ^^2010012548
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library