Invisible sovereign : imagining public opinion from the revolution to reconstruction /
Schmeller, Mark G.,1967-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Public opinion and the American political imagination -- The moral economy of opinion -- Credit and the political economy of opinion -- Partisan manufactories of public sentiment -- The importance of having opinions -- The fatal force of public opinion -- Irrepressible conflicts, impending crises -- Conclusion. Corn-pone opinion -- Essay on sources.
Public opinion
Public opinion