02700nam 2200637Ia 450 991080871420332120230721021841.00-7486-7205-21-282-13659-397866121365970-7486-4020-710.1515/9780748640201(CKB)1000000000766803(EBL)448746(OCoLC)430835856(SSID)ssj0000213200(PQKBManifestationID)11234951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213200(PQKBWorkID)10150646(PQKB)11357753(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092841(MiAaPQ)EBC448746(Au-PeEL)EBL448746(CaPaEBR)ebr10309051(CaONFJC)MIL213659(DE-B1597)619423(DE-B1597)9780748640201(OCoLC)1306540391(EXLCZ)99100000000076680320081215d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrObama's America[electronic resource] /Carl PedersenEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20091 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3894-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 asPresidentsUnited StatesElection2008United StatesPolitics and government2001-2009United StatesHistory21st centuryPresidentsElection973.932092Pedersen Carl1671236MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808714203321Obama's America4033639UNINA