Mark W. Summers

Mark Wahlgren Summers (born 1951) is an American historian who is a professor at the University of Kentucky. ^[1] He has written books about political cartoons, and the election of U.S. president Grover Cleveland after a series of Republican officeholders, ^[2] and the role of fear in American politics after the Civil War. ^[3]

His father Clyde Summers was a law professor at Yale University. ^[4]

He has appeared on C-Span programs. ^{[5] [6]}

In 1992 he was interviewed by Andrea Webb. ^[7]

Writings

• A Student Cartoonist's View of Great Figures in American History (1972)
• The Presidency in Political Cartoons, 1776-1976 (1976)
• Railroads, Reconstruction and the Gospel of Prosperity (1984)
• The Plundering Generation: Corruption and the Crisis of the Union, 1848-1861 (1987)
• The Era of Good Stealings (1992)
• The Press Gang (1994)
• The Gilded Age (1997)
• Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884 (2000)
• A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction (2009)

Articles

• "The Chimera of Whig Persistence: Louisiana and the Election of 1865" (1983)
• "A Band of Brigands: The 'Gridiron' Legislature and the Nomination of Lincoln" (1984)
• "The Press Gang" (1990)

References

1. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/summers-mark-wahlgren-1951
2. Calhoun, Charles W. (December 1, 2000). "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 30 (4): 810 – via go.gale.com.
3. Emberton, Carole; Summers, Mark Wahlgren (2011). "Reviewed work: A Dangerous Stir: Fear, Paranoia, and the Making of Reconstruction, SummersMark Wahlgren". Journal of the Civil War Era. 1 (1): 124–126. doi:10.1353/cwe.2011.0002. JSTOR   26070103.
4. "Kentucky presidential historian talks about Friday's transfer of power". 19 January 2017.
5. "Mark Wahlgren Summers | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
6. "[A Dangerous Stir]| C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
7. "Interview with Mark W. Summers, March 3, 1992".