02451nam 2200493 450 991015314640332120170817194053.00-7486-9521-40-7486-6889-610.1515/9780748668892(CKB)3710000000119050(StDuBDS)EDZ0000237300(MiAaPQ)EBC4746637(DE-B1597)614190(DE-B1597)9780748668892(EXLCZ)99371000000011905020161208h20132013 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe American left its impact on politics and society since 1900 /Rhodri Jeffreys-JonesEdinburgh, [Scotland] :Edinburgh University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) 1 illustration (black and white)0-7486-6887-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexConservatives 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.Right and left (Political science)United StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Right and left (Political science)320.5130973Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri983147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910153146403321The American left2836783UNINA