LEADER 03523nam 2200781 450 001 996247975203316 005 20230120061517.0 010 $a0-19-539240-X 010 $a0-19-973682-0 010 $a9786611162269 010 $a0-19-804403-8 010 $a1-281-16226-4 010 $a1-4356-2047-X 024 7 $a2027/heb07803 035 $a(CKB)2560000000294416 035 $a(EBL)3052552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087725 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126430 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087725 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074415 035 $a(PQKB)11403212 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4704400 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7033693 035 $a(dli)HEB07803 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012846712 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000294416 100 $a20170921h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInventing the "American Way" $ethe politics of consensus from the New Deal to the civil rights movement /$fWendy L. Wall 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (395 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-532910-4 311 $a0-19-987022-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical reference (p. [295]-359) and index. 327 $aPt. 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. 330 8 $aWendy 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. 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBusinessmen$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical activists$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xOfficials and employees$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aBusinessmen$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical activists$xHistory 615 0$aIntellectuals$xPolitical activity$xHistory 676 $a973.917 700 $aWall$b Wendy$f1962-$01019994 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247975203316 996 $aInventing the "American Way"$92408298 997 $aUNISA