Name: I, Candidate for Governor: And how i got Licked (en Inglés)
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Author: Upton Sinclair
ISBN: 9780520081987

portada I, Candidate for Governor: And how i got Licked (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

University Of California Press

Autor

Upton Sinclair

Año

1994

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

272

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0520081986

ISBN13

9780520081987

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx - c. 1900-c. 1999
Historia de américa

I, Candidate for Governor: And how i got Licked (en Inglés)

Upton Sinclair (Autor) · University Of California Press · Tapa Blanda

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Here, reprinted for the first time since its original publication, is muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair's lively, caustic account of the 1934 election campaign that turned California upside down and almost won him the governor's mansion. Using his 'End Poverty in California' movement (more commonly called EPIC) as a springboard, Sinclair ran for governor as a Democrat, equipped with a bold plan to end the Depression in California by taking over idle land and factories and turning them into cooperative ventures for the unemployed. To his surprise, thousands rallied to the idea, converting what he had assumed would be another of his utopian schemes into a mass political movement of extraordinary dimensions. With a loosely knit organization of hundreds of local EPIC clubs, Sinclair overwhelmed the moderate Democratic opposition to capture the primary election. When it came to the general election, however, his opposition employed highly effective campaign tactics: overwhelming media hostility, vicious red-baiting and voter intimidation, high-priced dirty tricks. The result was a resounding defeat in November. "I, Candidate" tells the story of Sinclair's campaign while also capturing the turbulent political mood of the 1930s. Employing his trademark muckraking style, Sinclair exposes the conspiracies of power that ensured big-money control over the media and other powerful institutions.