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The Politics of Symbolism: Richard Nixon's Appeal to White Ethnics and the Frustration of Realignment, 1969 -72 (2008)
Journal Article
Merton, J. (2008). The Politics of Symbolism: Richard Nixon's Appeal to White Ethnics and the Frustration of Realignment, 1969 -72. European Journal of American Culture, 26(3), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.26.3.181_1

Sensing a tangible political opportunity to bolster his and his party's minority status, Richard Nixon made an unprecedented attempt to align disaffected ethnic Americans with the Republican Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Nixon possessed a... Read More about The Politics of Symbolism: Richard Nixon's Appeal to White Ethnics and the Frustration of Realignment, 1969 -72.

International Factors and the 1964 Election (2007)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2007). International Factors and the 1964 Election. Contemporary British History, 21(3), 351-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619460600825931

International issues are not usually seen as having been significant to the 1964 general election result. Harold Wilson made only limited references to foreign policy and defence during the campaign, while opinion polls showed that voters saw domesti... Read More about International Factors and the 1964 Election.

French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'? (2007)
Journal Article
Hucker, D. (2007). French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'?. French History, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crm060

This article challenges the received wisdom that French public opinion was infused with pacifist sentiment during the 1930s, and that this sentiment in turn contributed to the French defeat of 1940. It will suggest that French public attitudes toward... Read More about French public attitudes towards the prospect of war in 1938-1939: `pacifism' or `war anxiety'?.

Issues of audience and reception in Restoration preaching (2006)
Book Chapter
Appleby, D. (2006). Issues of audience and reception in Restoration preaching. In G. Baker, & A. McGruer (Eds.), Readers, Audiences and Coteries in Early Modern England (10-27). Cambridge Scholars Publishing