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Liberalism is not enough : race and poverty in postwar political thought /

"In this intellectual history of the fraught relationship between race and poverty in the 1960s, Liberalism is not enough offers a sustained critique of the fundamental assumptions that structured thought and action on the postwar American left. Focusing on the figures associated with 'Gre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Averbeck, Robin Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In this intellectual history of the fraught relationship between race and poverty in the 1960s, Liberalism is not enough offers a sustained critique of the fundamental assumptions that structured thought and action on the postwar American left. Focusing on the figures associated with 'Great Society liberalism' like Daniel Patrick Moynihan, David Riesman, and Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Robin Marie Averbeck argues that these thinkers helped construct policies that never truly attempted a serious attack on the sources of racial inequality and injustice"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469646657
146964665X
9781469646664
1469646668