LEADER 04773nam 2200865Ia 450 001 9910812657803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15745-0 010 $a9786612157455 010 $a1-4008-2595-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825950 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788411 035 $a(EBL)457828 035 $a(OCoLC)437040318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212658 035 $a(PQKB)10749403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477735 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12158238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477735 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10512947 035 $a(PQKB)11542477 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36200 035 $a(DE-B1597)446435 035 $a(OCoLC)979968384 035 $a(OCoLC)984657567 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825950 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457828 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788411 100 $a20060704e20062004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMore equal than others $eAmerica from Nixon to the new century /$fGodfrey Hodgson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxford $cPrinceton University Press$d[2006] 215 $a1 online resource (407 p.) 225 1 $aPolitics and society in twentieth-century America 300 $a"A Century Foundation book." 300 $aOriginally published: 2004. 311 $a0-691-11788-8 311 $a0-691-12767-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Disappointment and Denial --$t1. State of the Union --$t2. New Politics --$t3. New Technology --$t4. New Economics --$t5. New Immigrants --$t6. New Women --$t7. New South, Old Race --$t8. New Society --$t9. New World --$t10. New Century --$tNotes --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aDuring the past quarter century, free-market capitalism was recognized not merely as a successful system of wealth creation, but as the key determinant of the health of political and cultural democracy. Now, renowned British journalist and historian Godfrey Hodgson takes aim at this popular view in a book that promises to become one of the most important political histories of our time. More Equal Than Others looks back on twenty-five years of what Hodgson calls "the conservative ascendancy" in America, demonstrating how it has come to dominate American politics. Hodgson disputes the notion that the rise of conservatism has spread affluence and equality to the American people. Quite the contrary, he writes, the most distinctive feature of American society in the closing years of the twentieth century was its great and growing inequality. He argues that the combination of conservative ideology and corporate power and dominance by mass media obsessed with lifestyle and celebrity have caused America to abandon much of what was best in its past. In fact, he writes, income and wealth inequality have become so extreme that America now resembles the class-stratified societies of early twentieth-century Europe. More Equal Than Others addresses a broad range of issues, with chapters on politics, the new economy, immigration, technology, women, race, and foreign policy, among others. A fitting sequel to the author's critically acclaimed America In Our Time, More Equal Than Others is not only an outstanding synthesis of history, but a trenchant commentary on the state of the American Dream. 410 0$aPolitics and society in twentieth-century America. 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 606 $aEquality$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMinorities$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial conflict$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980- 615 0$aConservatism 615 0$aEquality$xHistory 615 0$aMinorities$xSocial conditions 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aSocial conflict$xHistory 676 $a305.8/00973/09045 700 $aHodgson$b Godfrey$0173211 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812657803321 996 $aMore equal than others$94108224 997 $aUNINA