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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 624
Utgivningsdatum: 1995-01-01
Upplaga: Reissue
Förlag: Da Capo Press Inc
Illustrationer: black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 226 x 153 x 41 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 323:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Groundwood w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9780201407983

George Wallace

Name: George Wallace
Price: 349.00 SEK
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Author: Stephan Lesher
ISBN: 9780201407983

American Populist

av Stephan Lesher

Häftad, Engelska, 1995-01-01

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A full-scale biography of the complex life and times of George Wallace, from rural poverty under Roosevelt to national prominence in the age of segregation Alabama Governor George Wallace captured the national spotlight in fiery opposition to civil rights as one of the last great demagogues of the Jim Crow South. That image, however, has overshadowed his other and more lasting significance--as spokesman for a tide of working-class resentment and general opposition to big, intrusive government that persists to this day. As historian Alan Brinkley wrote in the New York Times, Wallace emerges in this biography as "the first of a new breed of protest politicians, the first to articulate themes that have no inherent racial content and that have now become a staple of American politics, having shaped every national campaign from Richard Nixon's in 1968 to Bill Clinton's and Ross Perot's in 1992." George Wallace explores the origins of Wallace's racism, his relentless dedication to his own political advancement, the influence of his public life on the nation, and his role as the embodiment of the dark side of our nation's politics--for America made George Wallace, not the other way around. "A terrific read. George Wallace is both a serious book about American politics and a good old-fashioned yarn."--Washington Post

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As a correspondent for Newsweek, as well as a number of Southern dailies, Stephen Lesher covered Wallace from the time of the Montgomery boycott to the end of his political career. He is the author of A Coronary Event and Media Unbound, among other books.