Losing the Center : The Decline of American Liberalism, 1968-1992 /

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Many Americans consider John F. Kennedy's presidency to represent the apex of American liberalism. Kennedy's ""Vital Center"" blueprint united middle-class and working-class Democrats and promoted freedom abroad while recognizing the limits of American power. Liberalism...

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Autor principal: Bloodworth, Jeffrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington University Press of Kentucky [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Liberalism
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
Liberalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Liberalism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Many Americans consider John F. Kennedy's presidency to represent the apex of American liberalism. Kennedy's ""Vital Center"" blueprint united middle-class and working-class Democrats and promoted freedom abroad while recognizing the limits of American power. Liberalism thrived in the early 1960s, but its heyday was short-lived. In Losing the Center, Jeffrey Bloodworth demonstrates how and why the once-dominant ideology began its steep decline, exploring its failures through the biographies of some of the Democratic Party's most important leaders, including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, He
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9780813142319

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