Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: "A Man for All Seasons?" The Dark Essences of American Politics; 1 Obama's "Dollar Value"; 2 The Other Hidden Primary; 3 How "Black" Is Obama? Color, Class, Generation, and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era; 4 How "Antiwar"? Obama, Iraq, and the Audacity of Empire; 5 Obama Nation: Sixteen Reasons; 6 Beyond the Narrow Spectrum: Citizens, Politicians, Change, and the Obama Phenomenon; Afterword: Imagining a Progressive Future; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index |