| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-210) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the unresolved "Catholic issue" : the debate about religion's role in the 1960 Presidential campaign -- Popish plots, religious liberty, and the emerging face of American Catholicism before 1928 -- Protestant America or a nation of immigrants? : Al Smith, Joe Kennedy, and Jim Farley pursue the nation's highest office -- Nativist anti-Catholicism or Christian evangelization? : Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, and the marginalization of religion during the 1960 Presidential campaign -- Religious liberty or religious test? : debating the 1960 campaign's "Catholic issue" in liberal organizations and media -- Defining religious bigotry : pluralism and political strategy in the 1960 Presidential election -- The Cold War and the domestic response to Kennedy's Catholicism -- Testing the "Bailey thesis" : state-level reactions to a Catholic Presidential candidate in California, Georgia, Michigan, and New York -- Epilogue: Catholics and Presidential elections since 1960. |
| Subject |
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960.
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1960 |
| Subject |
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidential candidates. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Catholics -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Catholics -- Political activity. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Catholics. |
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Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion and politics. |
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Anti-Catholicism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Anti-Catholicism. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1963 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1403962529 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781403962522 hardcover alkaline paper |
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