"Never argue with the Gallup Poll": Thomas Dewey, civil rights and the election of 1948

Journal of American Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-198

  Topping, Simon ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7644223505     PISSN: 00218758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021875804008400     Document Type: Article

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