Race and the making of American liberalism [[electronic resource] /] / Carol A. Horton
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| Autore: |
Horton Carol A
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| Titolo: |
Race and the making of American liberalism [[electronic resource] /] / Carol A. Horton
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.51/3/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Racism - Political aspects - United States - History |
| Social classes - Political aspects - United States - History | |
| Liberalism - United States - History | |
| Civil rights - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations Political aspects History |
| United States Politics and government | |
| United States Social conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : race and American liberalism -- Anti-caste liberalism -- Darwinian liberalism -- Race and the emancipation of labor -- Inequality and white supremacy -- Postwar liberalism -- Race, class, and the civil rights movement -- The broken promise of liberal revolution -- The conservative movement -- Conclusion : the impasse of progressive liberalism. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""Race and the Making of American Liberalism"" traces the roots of the contemporary crisis of progressive liberalism deep into the nation's racial past. Horton argues that the contemporary conservative claim that the American liberal tradition has been rooted in a ""color blind"" conception of individual rights is inaccurate and misleading. In contrast, American liberalism has alternatively served both to support and oppose racial hierarchy, as well as socioeconomic equity more broadly. Racial politics in the United States have repeatedly made it exceedingly difficult to establish powerful con |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Race and the making of American liberalism |
| ISBN: | 1-4237-3377-0 |
| 0-19-534946-6 | |
| 1-280-70426-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465142103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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