American Maelstrom : the 1968 election and the politics of division /

In American Maelstrom, Michael A. Cohen captures the full drama of this watershed election, establishing 1968 as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism and the ascendancy of conservative populism and the anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation's political d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Michael A., 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Colección:Pivotal moments in American history.
Temas:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Humphrey, Hubert H. > (Hubert Horatio), > 1911-1978.
Humphrey, Hubert H. > (Hubert Horatio), > 1911-1978
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994
1963-1969
Presidents > United States > Election > 1968.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Politics and government
Presidents > Election
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1969.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Before
  • "A lotta people ... ain't gonna put up with it much longer
  • Losing the "middle ground"
  • Part II. The Democrats
  • "A quiet, witty man of grey presence"
  • The (un)happy warrior
  • "The most misunderstood man in American public life"
  • Out like a lion
  • The philosopher vs. the evangelist
  • The "politics of joy"?
  • Part III. The Republicans
  • The new, new Nixon
  • "Watching a duck trying to make love to a football"
  • The "doer" and the "rising star of the west"
  • Part IV. Wallace
  • "We're tired of this mess"
  • Part V. A tale of two conventions
  • A "plastic paradise"
  • "The democrats are finishte"
  • Part VI. The general election
  • "Overconfidence is not our thing"
  • The final storm
  • Part VII. After
  • "They have just elected a papier mâché man"
  • "It's never stopped being 1968."

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