03523nam 2200781 450 99624797520331620230120061517.00-19-539240-X0-19-973682-097866111622690-19-804403-81-281-16226-41-4356-2047-X2027/heb07803(CKB)2560000000294416(EBL)3052552(SSID)ssj0000087725(PQKBManifestationID)11126430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087725(PQKBWorkID)10074415(PQKB)11403212(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074211(MiAaPQ)EBC3052552(MiAaPQ)EBC4704400(MiAaPQ)EBC7033693(dli)HEB07803(MiU)MIU01000000000000012846712(EXLCZ)99256000000029441620170921h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInventing the "American Way" the politics of consensus from the New Deal to the civil rights movement /Wendy L. WallOxford Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (395 p.)Includes index.0-19-532910-4 0-19-987022-5 Includes bibliographical reference (p. [295]-359) and index.Pt. I. Enemies at home and abroad (1935-1941) -- "Are we a nation?" -- Industrial democracy versus free enterprise -- In search of common ground -- Pt. II. The politics of unity during World War II (1942-1945) -- The spectre of "divide and conquer" -- "The house I live in" -- Pt. III. Shaping a Cold War consensus (1946-1955) -- United America -- The Freedom Train -- Crusading for freedom at home and abroad -- Conclusion.Wendy Wall looks at how and why postwar Americans of diverse backgrounds and divergent political views agreed upon a need for and put forward a unifying set of national values. She particularly focuses on three groups: businessmen, government officials and cultural elites, and a loose collation of activists and intellectuals.Political cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBusinessmenPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElite (Social sciences)Political activityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical activistsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryIntellectualsPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1933-1945United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesOfficials and employeesPolitical activityHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryPolitical cultureHistoryNationalismHistoryBusinessmenPolitical activityHistoryElite (Social sciences)Political activityHistoryPolitical activistsHistoryIntellectualsPolitical activityHistory973.917Wall Wendy1962-1019994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247975203316Inventing the "American Way"2408298UNISA