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Bruce L. Mouser A Black Gambler’s World of Liquor, Vice, (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Black Gambler's World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics : William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839-1917
- Publication Name
- A Black Gambler’s World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politic
- Title
- A Black Gambler’s World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politic
- Subtitle
- William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839–1917
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780299301842
- ISBN
- 9780299301842
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Games & Activities, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), General, Political, American Government / State, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Release Date
- 30/10/2014
- Release Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 325g
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 210 Pages
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William Thomas Scott (1839-1917) was an entrepreneur and political activist from East Saint Louis and Cairo, Illinois, who in 1904 briefly became the first African American nominated by a national party for president of the United States before his scandalous past forced him to step aside. A free man before the Civil War, Scott was a charismatic hustler who built his fortune through both vice trades and legal businesses including hotels, saloons, and real estate. Publisher and editor of the Cairo Gazette and an outspoken advocate for equal rights, he believed in political patronage and frequently rebelled against political bosses who failed to deliver, whether they were white, black, Republican, or Democrat. Scott helped build the National Negro Liberty Party to forward economic, political, and legal rights for his race. But the hustling that had brought him business success proved his undoing as a national political figure. He was the NNLP's initial presidential nominee, only to be replaced by a better-educated and more socially acceptable candidate, George Edwin Taylor.
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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10
0299301842
ISBN-13
9780299301842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201735378
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Gambler's World of Liquor, Vice, and Presidential Politics : William Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839-1917
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling), General, Political, American Government / State, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Games & Activities, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
210 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E185.97.S37m68 2014
Reviews
"The work of a master historian and storyteller. Mouser's rich and nuanced scholarship adds clarity and depth to our understanding of African Americans and third-party politics, bringing us into the wider, complex, and contradictory world which Scott was both a product of and helped to produce."--Omar H. Ali, author of In the Lion's Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, 1886--1900, "This is a fascinating and informative look into the life of a forgotten but important African American leader. Mouser has written a masterful study of a black leader and maverick who worked tirelessly to promote and advance the black community (while at the same time lining his own pockets in the sordid world of gambling, prostitution, and tavern-keeping). Scott emerges as a powerful, interesting, and even enigmatic leader working on both sides of the law to further his own interests and those of the larger African American community."--Roger Bridges, Illinois State Universit, "As Mouser shows, Scott spent his life figuring out—and satisfying—men's interests with liquor, gambling, and women, and . . . [he] refused to be complicit in backing politicians who took him and the broader base of first-generation black voters for dupes. . . . Scott saw the political game for what it was: a game of power."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "The work of a master historian and storyteller. Mouser's rich and nuanced scholarship adds clarity and depth to our understanding of African Americans and third-party politics, bringing us into the wider, complex, and contradictory world which Scott was both a product of and helped to produce."--Omar H. Ali, author of In the Lion's Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, 1886-1900, "Anyone interested in African American politics, Midwestern history, and African American life in the nineteenth century . . . will enjoy the pithy A Black Gambler's World ." -- Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, "This is a fascinating and informative look into the life of a forgotten but important African American leader. Mouser has written a masterful study of a black leader and maverick who worked tirelessly to promote and advance the black community (while at the same time lining his own pockets in the sordid world of gambling, prostitution, and tavern-keeping). Scott emerges as a powerful, interesting, and even enigmatic leader working on both sides of the law to further his own interests and those of the larger African American community."--Roger Bridges, Illinois State University, "As Mouser shows, Scott spent his life figuring out--and satisfying--men's interests with liquor, gambling, and women, and . . . [he] refused to be complicit in backing politicians who took him and the broader base of first-generation black voters for dupes. . . . Scott saw the political game for what it was: a game of power."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "The work of a master historian and storyteller. Mouser's rich and nuanced scholarship ultimately adds clarity and depth to our understanding of African Americans and third-party politics, bringing us into the wider, complex, and contradictory world which Scott was both a product of and helped to produce."--Omar H. Ali, author of In the Lion's Mouth: Black Populism in the New South, 1886--1900, "This is a fascinating and informative look into the life of a forgotten but important African American leader. . . . Scott emerges as a powerful, interesting, and even enigmatic leader working on both sides of the law to further his own interests and those of the larger African American community."--Roger Bridges, Illinois State University
Table of Content
Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Scott's Foundational Years 1 A Gambler's World of Liquor, Vice, and Hometown Politics in the Post-Civil War Era 2 Covering His Past with Rebellion and Journalism, the Early 1880s 3 Reinvention as a Respectable Democrat, 1884 to 1893 4 Scott's Frenetic Decade, 1893 to 1904 5 The National Negro Liberty Party and the Debacle of the 1904 Election 6 Hard Landing and Slow Recovery in Springfield Conclusion: More Complicated Than That Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-007451
Dewey Decimal
977.3/04092 B
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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