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37 produkter
United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941–1947
Av John Gaddis
Inbunden, 1972
2609 kr
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John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the …
Democrats' Dilemma
Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy
Inbunden, 1992
2689 kr
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What does Walter Mondale's career reveal about the dilemma of the modern Democtratic party and the crisis of postwar American liberalism? Steven M. Gillon 's answer is that Mondale's frustration as Jimmy Carter's vice president and his failure to unseat the immensely popular President Reagan in …
Democrats' Dilemma
Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy
Häftad, 1995
736 kr
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What does Walter Mondale's career reveal about the dilemma of the modern Democtratic party and the crisis of postwar American liberalism? Steven M. Gillon 's answer is that Mondale's frustration as Jimmy Carter's vice president and his failure to unseat the immensely popular President Reagan in …
Jews Against Prejudice
American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties
Inbunden, 1997
1778 kr
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America's dark history of anti-Semitism, racism, and ethnic bigotry-and many of the efforts to combat such prejudice-has received growing attention in recent years. Yet one of the most important stories in America's struggle to overcome ethnic and religious hatred has gone largely untold. From the …
Jews Against Prejudice
American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties
Häftad, 1999
714 kr
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America's dark history of anti-Semitism, racism, and ethnic bigotry-and many of the efforts to combat such prejudice-has received growing attention in recent years. Yet one of the most important stories in America's struggle to overcome ethnic and religious hatred has gone largely untold. From the …
Politics of Equality
Hubert Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle, 1945-1978
Häftad, 1999
663 kr
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Timothy N. Thurber explores the links between Senator Hubert Humphrey's policies on racial justice and economic reform. Thurber investigates Humphrey's legislative agenda in the context of the tensions between the class-based politics of the New Deal to which Humphrey wished the party to return and …
Prurient Interests
Gender, Democracy, and Obscenity in New York City, 1909-1945
Häftad, 2000
635 kr
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Debate about what constitutes obscenity and how-if at all-it should be regulated has been at the center of the "culture wars" of the past two decades. While literature abounds on the contemporary politics of obscenity, there has been little inquiry into the historic origins of these issues. …
Destroying the Village
Eisenhower and Thermonuclear War
Häftad, 1998
683 kr
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In the early days of the Cold War, thermonuclear conflict was everywhere an imminent threat. With the realization that mutual destruction was the likely result of a nuclear war, US policy makers were forced to articulate a coherent stance on what they would do if the United States went to war with …
Nervous Liberals
Propaganda Anxieties from World War I to the Cold War
Av Brett Gary
Häftad, 1999
343 kr
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Today few political analysts use the term "propaganda." However, in the wake of World War I, fear of propaganda haunted the liberal conscience. Citizens and critics blamed the war on campaigns of mass manipulation engaged in by all belligerents. Beginning with these "propaganda anxieties," Brett …
Law and Order
Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s
Häftad, 2007
308 kr
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Law and Order offers a valuable new study of the political and social history of the 1960s. It presents a sophisticated account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American …
Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union
Inbunden, 2001
1143 kr
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Roger Nash Baldwin's thirty-year tenure as director of the ACLU marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys of the caliber of Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, Osmond Frankel, and Edward Ennis transformed …
In His Own Right
The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Inbunden, 2001
1261 kr
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Robert Kennedy's role in American politics during the 1960s was pivotal yet has defied attempts to define it. He was a junior senator from New York, but he was also much more. The public perceived him as possessing the intangible qualities of his brother, the slain president. From 1965 to 1968 …
In His Own Right
The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Häftad, 2002
655 kr
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Robert Kennedy's role in American politics during the 1960s was pivotal yet has defied attempts to define it. He was a junior senator from New York, but he was also much more. The public perceived him as possessing the intangible qualities of his brother, the slain president. From 1965 to 1968 …
Refuge of Affections
Family and American Reform Politics, 1900–1920
Häftad, 2001
421 kr
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The Progressives-those reformers responsible for the shape of many American institutions, from the Federal Reserve Board to the New School for Social Research-have always presented a mystery. What prompted middle-class citizens to support fundamental change in American life? Eric Rauchway shows …
United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941–1947
Av John Gaddis
Häftad, 2001
714 kr
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John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. This book moves beyond the focus on economic considerations that was central to the work of New Left historians, examining the …
Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World
Av Wyatt Wells
Häftad, 2003
651 kr
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Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn't always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, …
Fall of the House of Roosevelt
Brokers of Ideas and Power from FDR to LBJ
Inbunden, 2004
2293 kr
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In the 1930s a band of smart and able young men, some still in their twenties, helped Franklin D. Roosevelt transform an American nation in crisis. They were the junior officers of the New Deal. Thomas G. Corcoran, Benjamin V. Cohen, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, and James Rowe helped FDR build …
Fall of the House of Roosevelt
Brokers of Ideas and Power from FDR to LBJ
Häftad, 2006
635 kr
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In the 1930s a band of smart and able young men, some still in their twenties, helped Franklin D. Roosevelt transform an American nation in crisis. They were the junior officers of the New Deal. Thomas G. Corcoran, Benjamin V. Cohen, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, and James Rowe helped FDR build …
Tough Liberal
Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy
Inbunden, 2007
1466 kr
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In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 …
Tough Liberal
Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy
Häftad, 2009
736 kr
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In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 …
Education of Ronald Reagan
The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism
Av Thomas Evans
Inbunden, 2006
2364 kr
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In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a televised speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. "The Speech," as it has come to be known, helped launch Ronald Reagan as a leading force in the American conservative movement. However, less than twenty years earlier, Reagan was a …
Education of Ronald Reagan
The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism
Av Thomas Evans
Häftad, 2008
326 kr
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In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a televised speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. "The Speech," as it has come to be known, helped launch Ronald Reagan as a leading force in the American conservative movement. However, less than twenty years earlier, Reagan was a …
Acts of Conscience
Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy
Av Joseph Kosek
Inbunden, 2009
2380 kr
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In response to the massive bloodshed that defined the twentieth century, American religious radicals developed a modern form of nonviolent protest, one that combined Christian principles with new uses of mass media. Greatly influenced by the ideas of Mohandas Gandhi, these "acts of conscience" …
Acts of Conscience
Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy
Av Joseph Kosek
Häftad, 2011
663 kr
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In response to the massive bloodshed that defined the twentieth century, American religious radicals developed a modern form of nonviolent protest, one that combined Christian principles with new uses of mass media. Greatly influenced by the ideas of Mohandas Gandhi, these "acts of conscience" …
World Safe for Capitalism
Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power
Av Cyrus Veeser
Häftad, 2007
290 kr
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This award-winning book provides a unique window on how America began to intervene in world affairs. In exploring what might be called the prehistory of Dollar Diplomacy, Cyrus Veeser brings together developments in New York, Washington, Santo Domingo, Brussels, and London. Theodore Roosevelt plays …
World Safe for Capitalism
Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power
Av Cyrus Veeser
E-bok, 2002
437 kr
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This award-winning book provides a unique window on how America began to intervene in world affairs. In exploring what might be called the prehistory of Dollar Diplomacy, Cyrus Veeser brings together developments in New York, Washington, Santo Domingo, Brussels, and London. Theodore Roosevelt plays …
Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World
Av Wyatt Wells
E-bok, 2001
409 kr
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Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn''t always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, …
Refuge of Affections
Family and American Reform Politics, 1900--1920
E-bok, 2001
503 kr
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The Progressives—those reformers responsible for the shape of many American institutions, from the Federal Reserve Board to the New School for Social Research—have always presented a mystery. What prompted middle-class citizens to support fundamental change in American life? Eric Rauchway shows …
Tough Liberal
Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy
E-bok, 2007
563 kr
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In Woody Allen''s 1973 film, Sleeper , a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 …
Acts of Conscience
Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy
Av Joseph Kosek
E-bok, 2009
503 kr
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In response to the massive bloodshed that defined the twentieth century, American religious radicals developed a modern form of nonviolent protest, one that combined Christian principles with new uses of mass media. Greatly influenced by the ideas of Mohandas Gandhi, these "acts of conscience" …
