| International Standard Book Number |
9781668062609
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668062607
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| Personal Name |
Jackson, Greg (Podcaster), author.
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| Title Statement |
Been there, done that : how our history shows what we can overcome / Greg Jackson.
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| Varying Form of Title |
How our history shows what we can overcome.
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| Edition Statement |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xviii, 414 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (page 325-402) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Founding partisanship: the mudslinging battle of the Gazettes -- The Baltimore riots of 1812 -- The "pimp" John Quincy Adams vs. the "common prostitute's" son Andrew Jackson (or, the elections of 1824 and '28) -- The brutal, bloody bludgeoning: the caning of Senator Charles Sumner -- Interlude: a note on the Civil War and our present -- Overlapping and unprecedented crises: the first presidential assassination and hte first presidential impeachment -- Two Louisiana governments and the Battle of Liberty Place -- The most corrupt presidential election ever: "the fraud of the century" election of 1876 -- The golden age of fake news: yellow journalism -- Conclusion: men aren't angels and how we overcome.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Our nation's past is full of massive upheaval, disagreement, and departures from the moral high ground. The political gentlemanly conduct of yesteryear is no more than a myth. But that reality never allowed our worst historical selves to defeat our better angels. In Been There, Done That, Greg looks back in time to eight examples from our nation's history and shows that some of the hottest issues of our day are, in fact, American traditions that stand firmly beside another deeply American trait: the will to push back on these demons, prevail, and overcome. It may be 250 years since this country's founding, but the playbook has remained mostly the same. From the Founding Father's hyperpartisan print war of the 1790s, to the caning of Senator Charles Sumner in 1856, to the thoroughly corrupt presidential election of 1876, and all the way through the yellow journalism and print war of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randoph Hearst, you will recognize how familiar these stories are to our own supposedly unprecedented times....Been There, Done That will fill readers with hope for our future by showing us the warts of our past-only by knowing that our country has been here before, and prevailed toward a more just future, can we find the strength to rebound once more." --publisher's website.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political corruption United States History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political culture United States History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Partisanship History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Politics and government.
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