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“With The Age of Charisma, Jeremy Young offers a richly suggestive, Y o u original, often brilliant and compelling history of how charisma stood at n g the center of American political culture from the 1880s to 1940. Fluidly written and wonderfully researched, it makes a significant contribution to Th our understanding of America’s past. The scholarship is immensely sound, e and I know of no book that comes close to contributing what Young does.” A Daniel Horowitz, Smith College, and author of On the Cusp: Yale College g The Age of Charisma e Class of 1960 and a World on the Verge of Change o f C Leaders, Followers, and Emotions “This important book offers an innovative analysis and interpretation of h many of the main intellectual, social, political, and religious currents of a in American Society, 1870–1940 r the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. By providing such a clear, persuasive, i s m and direct analytical framework, Young contributes new insights to what a Jeremy C. Young we know of the era, identifies some of the key agents of progressive change, and offers a clear and persuasive argument. The research behind this book is excellent and Young’s writing is clear and succinct. In sum, this is an excellent book.” Matthew Avery Sutton, author of American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism Jeremy C. Young is an assistant professor of history at Dixie State University. Printed in the United Kingdom Cover image: (((to come))) TheAgeofCharisma An innovative examination of American society, culture, and politics, The Age of Charisma argues that the modern relationship between American leaders and followers grew out of a unique group of charismatic social movements prominent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on hundreds of letters and testimonials, Jeremy C. Young illustrates how “personal magnetism” inpublicspeakingshapedsocietybyenablingashiftfromemotionally inaccessible leadership to emotionally available leadership. This charismatic speaking style caused a rapid transformation in the leader–follower relationship, creating an emotional link between speakers and listeners, and the effects of this social transformation remain with us today. Young argues that, ultimately, charismatic movements enhanced American democracy by encouraging the personalization of leadership – creating a culture in which today’s leadersappealdirectlytoAmericansthroughmassmedia. Jeremy C. Young is an assistant professor of history at Dixie State University. The Age of Charisma Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American 1870–1940 Society, JEREMY C. YOUNG DixieStateUniversity UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107114623 10.1017/9781316335369 ©JeremyC.Young2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabySheridanBooks,Inc. 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ToChelseaMcCracken Contents ListofIllustrations pageviii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xii 1 MagneticAmerica:PersonalMagnetisminAmericanCulture, 1870–1900 1 2 CommandPerformances:LeadersandTheirTechnologies, 1890–1910 40 3 Transformations:TheFollowerExperience,1890–1920 93 4 CompetingVisions:ImaginingCharismaandSocialChange, 1890–1910 138 5 ChangingSociety:TheRiseandFallofProgressiveCharisma, 1910–1920 175 6 EndofanAge:FromMagnetismtoMassCommunication, 1920–1940 220 Conclusion 273 Bibliography 282 Index 314 vii Illustrations 1.1 MossEngravingCo.,“TheManofManyMoods,”1904 page17 1.2 ThomasNast,“The‘Magnetic’Blaine,”1880 35 2.1 AnnaClaypoolePeale,JamesRush,1829 45 2.2 JamesRush,“FirstOutlineofThePhilosophyoftheHuman Voice,”1827 47 2.3 JonathanBarber,APracticalTreatiseonGesture,1831 50 2.4 JonathanBarber,APracticalTreatiseonGesture,1831, andWilliamJenningsBryan,1908 52 3.1 GeorgeBellows,BillySunday,1923 107 3.2 GeorgeBellows,TheSawdustTrail,1915 118 3.3 WilliamJenningsBryan,1906 126 4.1 EugeneV.Debs,1912 170 5.1 TheodoreRoosevelt,1902 183 5.2 WoodrowWilson,1919 215 6.1 MarcusGarvey,1920 250 6.2 AimeeSempleMcPherson,1931 254 6.3 BurrisJenkins,Jr.,“Champions!,”1934 263 viii

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