05048nam 2200961 a 450 991077954170332120230721010647.00-520-93286-210.1525/9780520932869(CKB)2550000001039345(EBL)1982562(SSID)ssj0000860562(PQKBManifestationID)11454381(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860562(PQKBWorkID)10896392(PQKB)11391665(MiAaPQ)EBC1982562(DE-B1597)519165(OCoLC)841171651(DE-B1597)9780520932869(Au-PeEL)EBL1982562(CaPaEBR)ebr10676236(EXLCZ)99255000000103934520070920d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNot much left[electronic resource] the fate of liberalism in America /Tom WaldmanBerkeley University of California Press20081 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24770-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Quiet Americans --Chapter 1. In Locke's Step --Chapter 2. Which Way Did The '60S Go? --Chapter 3. Unhappy Together --Chapter 4. 1968 In America --Chapter 5. Curious About George --Chapter 6. Modern Times --Chapter 7. I Am Woman, Say It Loud --Chapter 8. Sexual Positions --Chapter 9. Out Of Time --Chapter 10. Yesterday's Gone --Chapter 11. Pulling To The Right --Chapter 12. Blue Culture, Red Politics --Chapter 13. Coming Home? --Epilogue: Who Are You? --Notes --Suggested Reading --IndexTom Waldman's lively and sweeping assessment of the state of American liberalism begins with the political turbulence of 1968 and culminates with the 2006 takeover of Congress by the Democratic Party. Not Much Left: The Fate of Liberalism in America vividly demonstrates how the progressive and liberal wing of the Democratic Party helped end a war, won the civil rights battle, and paved the way for blacks, women, gays, and other minorities to achieve full citizenship. Through reportage, anecdotes, and analysis-particularly of the disastrous defeat of Democrat George McGovern in 1972-Waldman chronicles how the grand coalition that achieved so much in the 1960's began to self-destruct in the early 1970's. Citing the Republican recovery from Barry Goldwater's 1964 defeat, Waldman demonstrates how the two parties' very different reactions to electoral debacle account for recent Republican dominance and Democratic impotence. Assessing liberalism's fate through the Carter and Reagan presidencies, the defeat of Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election, and the on-again, off-again liberalism of the Clinton years, Waldman then brings the discussion up to date with analysis of the 2008 presidential campaign.LiberalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiberalismUnited StatesHistory21st centuryPresidentsUnited StatesElectionHistory20th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesElectionHistory21st centuryPolitical campaignsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical campaignsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryPopular culturePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPopular culturePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-1960s america.american history.american politics.barry goldwater.carter.democratic party.democrats and republicans.electoral college.george mcgovern.history of liberals.liberal politics.political science.political turbulence.reagan.self sabotage.self-destructing party.takeover of congress.war in iraq.war on terror.LiberalismHistoryLiberalismHistoryPresidentsElectionHistoryPresidentsElectionHistoryPolitical campaignsHistoryPolitical campaignsHistoryPopular culturePolitical aspectsHistoryPopular culturePolitical aspectsHistory320.510973Waldman Tom1956-1493893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779541703321Not much left3717131UNINA