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First two volumes. Large, blue-cloth HB w/pictorial covers. Pages 1-1873. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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From the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 through the election of 2000, The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections traces every presidential race in U.S. history.A variety of colorful, clearly presented maps, graphs and illustrations place national results at the reader's fingertips and provide insights into local and regional trends that played decisive roles in determining who was elected and how.This atlas also illuminates major themes in electoral politics ranging from the role of status, voter anxiety, and ethnic conflict to the influence of corporations and campaign contributors.Historically accurate and up-to-date, The ROutledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections offers a refreshing treatment of the political contests that have shaped the nation. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Really insightful book
Great book with tons of unknown info. Very clear and descriptive on every presedential election from the beginning of the U.S. Presidency.

An Indispensible Referece
The Routledge Historical Atlas of Presidential Elections is a remarkably concise, beautifully organized source of references to every presidential election up to 2000.Aside from its utility in winning trivia contests or settling arguments, the book is a ready source of pleasure for the curious browser. How well did Teddy Roosevelt's third Party do against Woodrow Wilsonin 1912? Would WW have won if not for TR's splitting of the Republican vote? See the Atlas for the answers.

An excellent resource
Having the privilege of studying under Dr. Mieczkowski for 2 full years, as well as having worked as research assistant and having him as my Undergraduate advisor at Dowling College on Long Island, I can affirm to you that Dr. Mieczkowski is definitely a well-educated and intelligent person.This book helps to prove that point.

I agree with other reviewers that the book did require some better editing.There are noticable errors in it, particularly in the maps.Otherwise, this book is very handy.The summarizations of each election, dating back to the first ever Presidential election to the most recent Presidential election of 2000, are short, concise and well-researched.Some of the more pivotal and landmark elections generally have more information.The accuracy and detail of each summary definitely shows the extensive research that went into the book.

This book proved to be a very handy and crucial resource to me in my studies at Dowling College, and is an excellent resource to any Presidential or general American Historian.Despite minor flaws, this is a worthwhile book and I highly recommend it to any professor looking for a secondary class resource or to any student looking for a resource to help them in their studies.

A helpful, albeit flawed, resource
I agree with the other reviews:this is a useful and attractive book, but more care could have been taken with it.To add to the errors that have already been pointed out, the map for the 1988 election erroneously gives the DC electoral votes to Bush rather than Dukakis, and no explanation is given about Bentsen's single electoral vote.Also, Millard Filmore is not included in the list of presidents at the end of the book, even though the other "unelected" presidents are.The text does not mention that he succeeded Zachary Taylor, and his partial term as president is only mentioned in passing in relation to his later presidential bid.

Pretty, and pretty useful, but needed better editing
As the previous reviewer pointed out, the atlas called West Virginia for Gore last year, which would have given him the election. On the other hand, in the foreword, the author states Gore received 300,000 more votes than Bush, when actually it was a more than 500,000 vote margin - so perhaps he was trying to compensate.

These were far from the only mistakes.

The Atlas also gave Louisiana to Stevenson in 1956 (despite saying in the accompanying text "Louisiana went for a Republican presidential candidate for the first time since 1876"), one of many occasions in which the maps contradict the text.

In its summary of 1936, the text says "Maine had been a bellwether state, voting for the winning candidate since 1860" (in fact, it voted for the losing candidate in 1884, 1892, 1916 and 1932), and "Landon even lost his home state of Kansas, which had voted Republican in every election since its entry into the Union in 1861" (in fact, it voted Populist in 1892 and Democratic in 1896, 1912, 1916 and 1932).

In its summary of 1928, the text says "Smith won only seven states, six in the South plus Massacuhsetts." In fact, Smith won eight states, including Rhode Island, which is also missed on the map.

The map gives Pennsylvania to Cleveland in 1888, when it voted Republican.

There are numerous other errors and omissions - the text leaves out Washington when mentioning the states Bryan lost from 1896-1900; it claims Filmore carrying Maryland in 1856 was the first time a third party won votes in the Electoral College, when the Anti-Masons carried Vermont in 1832; it claims Pierce failed to win a majority of the popular vote in 1852, when the pie chart next to the text gives him 50.9%; it gives Adams instead of Burr four states in the Congressional balloting that decided the election of 1800. ... Read more