{"product_id":"american-socialists-and-evolutionary-thought-1870-1920-paperback","title":"American Socialists and Evolutionary Thought, 1870-1920 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark A. Pittenger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn such popular television series as \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e24\u003c\/i\u003e, in thrillers like Tom Clancy s novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are might-have-beens like Philip Roth s President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller s mind.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Presidents We Imagine\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeff Smith examines the presidency s ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation s real politics.\u003cbr\u003e Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called the regions of fiction to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world s most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been representing presidents even as those presidents have represented them. \u003cbr\u003e Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics. Paul S. Boyer, series editor \u003cbr\u003e Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar's Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDuck Soup\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Bellamy's \u003ci\u003eLooking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003ePlot against America\u003c\/i\u003e, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Pittenger is assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.06 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113364918352,"sku":"9780299136048","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/NGY4dGs3VmYvT1BjaUdiMFN4OWYvZz09.webp?v=1772664565","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/american-socialists-and-evolutionary-thought-1870-1920-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}