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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153146403321

Autore

Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri

Titolo

The American left : its impact on politics and society since 1900 / / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7486-9521-4

0-7486-6889-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : 1 illustration (black and white)

Disciplina

320.5130973

Soggetti

Right and left (Political science) - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 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? -- Appendix: Defining the Left and Adjacent Terms -- Notes -- Abbreviations used in the Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Conservatives argue that left-wing politics has had an excessive influence in the USA, but few others extend that credit. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones tells the full story of the left's numerous achievements, from effective opposition to militarism to the winning of racial justice.