American left : its impact on politics and society since 1900 /

How left-wing politics has shaped life in the USA, from the 1900s to the present day. Winner of the American Politics Group's 2013 Neustadt Book Prize . Only the American right has ever really recognised the potency of the American left. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones fully details the left's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Politics and government
Right and left (Political science)
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The reputation of the American Left
  • 2. The socialist origins of social security
  • 3. Early achievers on the American Left
  • 4. Socialists in congress
  • 5. The identification of America and its fascist enemy
  • 6. The new deal's undeclared socialism
  • 7. The Republican re-invention of socialism
  • 8. The New Left shares the credit
  • 9. The newer Left
  • 10. The Republican road to nationalization
  • 11. Obama: a president for the Left?

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