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The Resource The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

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Summary
A history of American liberalism since the Great Depression traces the pivotal roles of leading contributors, describing how their ambitions, flaws, and successes have shaped the nation's government, media, and culture
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 561 p.
Contents
  • Introduction: the inheritance
  • Henry, Harry, and Eleanor: three faces of liberalism
  • The breaking point
  • Is there anything we can do for you, Harry?
  • The key to the destiny of tomorrow: toward a philosophy and practice of liberal foreign policy
  • Culture warriors before their time, 1944-50
  • The first culture war: McCarthyism and the limits of liberalism
  • Eggheads in the wilderness
  • Civil rights wins, communism wanes, and liberalism is reborn
  • The thousand days
  • Master of disaster
  • Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland
  • In the darkness at the edge of town
  • Malaise
  • The Carter interregnum
  • The even bleaker years, 1980-88
  • Reentering the world of ideas, rethinking the vital center, and the rise, fall, and rise of Bill Clinton, 1988-99
  • Beautiful losers
  • "Hope and change?"
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9780670023431
Instance
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The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
Title
The cause
Title remainder
the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama
Statement of responsibility
Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A history of American liberalism since the Great Depression traces the pivotal roles of leading contributors, describing how their ambitions, flaws, and successes have shaped the nation's government, media, and culture
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DLC
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Alterman, Eric
Dewey number
320.51/30973
Index
index present
LC call number
JC574.2.U6
LC item number
A43 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1966-
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Mattson, Kevin
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  • Liberalism
  • Liberalism
  • United States
  • United States
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The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson
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Publication
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  • 31223104260287
  • 31223104260428
  • 31223104260519
  • 31223104260501
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
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Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the inheritance -- Henry, Harry, and Eleanor: three faces of liberalism -- The breaking point -- Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? -- The key to the destiny of tomorrow: toward a philosophy and practice of liberal foreign policy -- Culture warriors before their time, 1944-50 -- The first culture war: McCarthyism and the limits of liberalism -- Eggheads in the wilderness -- Civil rights wins, communism wanes, and liberalism is reborn -- The thousand days -- Master of disaster -- Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland -- In the darkness at the edge of town -- Malaise -- The Carter interregnum -- The even bleaker years, 1980-88 -- Reentering the world of ideas, rethinking the vital center, and the rise, fall, and rise of Bill Clinton, 1988-99 -- Beautiful losers -- "Hope and change?"
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 561 p.
Isbn
9780670023431
Lccn
2011045497
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 733230699
  • (OCoLC)733230699
Label
The cause : the fight for American liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223104260287
  • 31223104260428
  • 31223104260519
  • 31223104260501
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the inheritance -- Henry, Harry, and Eleanor: three faces of liberalism -- The breaking point -- Is there anything we can do for you, Harry? -- The key to the destiny of tomorrow: toward a philosophy and practice of liberal foreign policy -- Culture warriors before their time, 1944-50 -- The first culture war: McCarthyism and the limits of liberalism -- Eggheads in the wilderness -- Civil rights wins, communism wanes, and liberalism is reborn -- The thousand days -- Master of disaster -- Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland -- In the darkness at the edge of town -- Malaise -- The Carter interregnum -- The even bleaker years, 1980-88 -- Reentering the world of ideas, rethinking the vital center, and the rise, fall, and rise of Bill Clinton, 1988-99 -- Beautiful losers -- "Hope and change?"
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 561 p.
Isbn
9780670023431
Lccn
2011045497
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 733230699
  • (OCoLC)733230699

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