The elections that changed the world fifteen pivotal moments that shaped how we live
"Elections can usher in economic prosperity, fresh solutions for calcified problems, and new policies that improve the lives of citizens everywhere. They can lead to war, a scarcity of resources and a loss of deeply-held values. In other words, elections matter, sometimes in ways we can't even antic...
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Hanover Square Press,
[2026]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The elections that changed the world : |b fifteen pivotal moments that shaped how we live / |c Dana Bash and David Fisher. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Fifteen pivotal moments that shaped how we live |
| 246 | 3 | |a 15 pivotal moments that shaped how we live | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Toronto, Ontario : |b Hanover Square Press, |c [2026] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 63 BC: Julius Caesar elected Pontifex Maximum and praetor -- 1265: Consequences of the Magna Carta -- November 21, 1620: The Mayflower Compact brings self-government to the New World -- 1796 and 1800: Adams vs. Jefferson -- 1860: The election of Abraham Lincoln -- 1911: The election of Sun Yat-sen as president of China -- 1932 and 1940: The elections of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 1932: The German elections result in Adolf Hitler becoming dictator -- 1945: Clement Attlee defeats Churchill -- 1955: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association -- 1958: The election of Pope John XXIII -- 1967 and 1969: Women become world leaders--Indira Gandhi and Golda Meir -- 1966: Ronald Reagan wins the California gubernatorial election -- 1985-1991: Gorbachev and Yeltsin dissolve the Soviet Union -- May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela is election president of South Africa. | |
| 520 | |a "Elections can usher in economic prosperity, fresh solutions for calcified problems, and new policies that improve the lives of citizens everywhere. They can lead to war, a scarcity of resources and a loss of deeply-held values. In other words, elections matter, sometimes in ways we can't even anticipate. CNN correspondent Dana Bash and writer David Fisher take readers on a journey through the most consequential elections in global history, beginning at the dawn of civilization up through the present day. From the voting practices of ancient Rome to little-known local elections that created ripples around the world"--Book jacket flap. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Elections |x Political aspects. | |
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