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UNINA9910808714203321 |
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Autore |
Pedersen Carl |
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Titolo |
Obama's America [[electronic resource] /] / Carl Pedersen |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-7205-2 |
1-282-13659-3 |
9786612136597 |
0-7486-4020-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States - Election - 2008 |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
United States History 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue: 27 July 2004; Part One Obama's America; 1 Identities; 2 Grassroots; 3 Network; Part Two Obama's World; 4 At Home in the World; 6 The Obama Doctrine; Epilogue: 20 January 2009; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The year 2008 will be remembered as the moment when the US elected its first African American president. This revealing book seeks to place the extraordinary rise of Barack Obama within the larger context of a possible historic political realignment in the US and of limits to US power in the world.For 2008 also offered a number of history lessons that will surely inform studies of the election and its aftermath. Carl Pedersen's book is an attempt to engage with these history lessons. It examines the demographic changes that will likely change the nature of American national identity. And it as |
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