LEADER 02588nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910455283603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7486-7205-2 010 $a1-282-13659-3 010 $a9786612136597 010 $a0-7486-4020-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766803 035 $a(EBL)448746 035 $a(OCoLC)430835856 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234951 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150646 035 $a(PQKB)11357753 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448746 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309051 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL213659 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766803 100 $a20081215d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aObama's America$b[electronic resource] /$fCarl Pedersen 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3894-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y2008 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 676 $a973.932092 700 $aPedersen$b Carl$0995669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455283603321 996 $aObama's America$92281529 997 $aUNINA