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Ed Ayers interviews historian Mark Summers, Professor of History at the University of Kentucky and author of Party Games: Getting, Keeping, and Using Power in Gilded Age Politics. Prof. Summers discusses some of the hijinks associated with Gilded Age elections.
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Hijinks, indeed! A very informative amd entertaining interview. Tuning in to Back Story is helping wait out the long hours before election returns start rolling in. Great job, American History Guys!
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