Annotation This is the third in a series of books about the United States presidential nomination process and shares the same goals as its predecessors, and . Mayer (political science, Northeastern U.) presents nine papers exploring significant components of the nomination process, including financing, incumbency, polling, and the role of organized labor. The only non-academic contributing to the proceedings is an editor , who provides a discussion of the role of the press. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Vol. for 1903 contains a list of Constitution conventions of Alabama, 1819-1901 with bibliography of each convention.