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03653aam a2200553 i 4500 001 165340C0A7E711EB98937C0F4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210428010042 008 201130s2021 nyuaf e b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2020053954 020 $a 1635574625 020 $a 9781635574623 035 $a (OCoLC)1151069519 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d OCLCO $d HBP $d JAS $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-pa $a n-us-pa 050 00 $a E661 $b .G756 2021 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Grinspan, Jon, $e author. 245 14 $a The age of acrimony : $b how Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915 / $c Jon Grinspan. 246 30 $a How Americans fought to fix their democracy, 1865-1915 264 1 $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Publishing, $c 2021. 300 $a xiv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a A raucous history of American democracy at its wildest -- and a bold rethinking of the relationship between the people and their politics. Democracy was broken. Or that was what many Americans believed in the decades after the Civil War. Shaken by economic and technological disruption, they sought safety in aggressive, tribal partisanship. The results were the loudest, closest, most violent elections in U.S. history, driven by vibrant campaigns that drew our highest-ever voter turnouts. At the century's end, reformers finally restrained this wild system, trading away participation for civility in the process. The result was a calmer, cleaner democracy, but also a more distant one. Americans' voting rates crashed and never recovered. This is the origin story of the "normal" politics of the 20th century. Only by exploring where that civility and restraint came from can we understand what is happening to our democracy today. The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable father-daughter dynasty. The radical congressman William "Pig Iron" Kelley and his fiery, Progressive daughter Florence Kelley led lives packed with drama, intimately tied to their nation's politics. Through their friendships and feuds, campaigns and crusades, Will and Florie trace the narrative of a democracy in crisis. In telling the tale of what it cost to cool our republic, historian Jon Grinspan reveals our divisive political system's enduring capacity to heal itself -- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1865-1933. 600 10 $a Kelley, William D. $q (William Darrah), $d 1814-1890. 600 10 $a Kelley, Florence, $d 1859-1932. 650 0 $a Social problems $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Women social reformers $z United States $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 12 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314022233.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021919.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064016.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220721010146.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20220615010944.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707013648.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20210706010642.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210702013056.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20210602012031.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20210602011817.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210504010704.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210428010641.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=165340C0A7E711EB98937C0F4BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search