The American left : its impact on politics and society since 1900 / / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
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Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri
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| Titolo: |
The American left : its impact on politics and society since 1900 / / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : 1 illustration (black and white) |
| Disciplina: | 320.5130973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Right and left (Political science) - United States |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Reputation of the American Left -- 2. The Socialist Origins of Social Security -- 3. Early Achievers on the American Left -- 4. Socialists in Congress -- 5. The Identification of America and its Fascist Enemy -- 6. The New Deal’s Undeclared Socialism -- 7. The Republican Re-invention of Socialism -- 8. The New Left Shares the Credit -- 9. The Newer Left -- 10. The Republican Road to Nationalization -- 11. Obama: A President for the Left? -- Appendix: Defining the Left and Adjacent Terms -- Notes -- Abbreviations used in the Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Conservatives argue that left-wing politics has had an excessive influence in the USA, but few others extend that credit. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones tells the full story of the left's numerous achievements, from effective opposition to militarism to the winning of racial justice. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The American left |
| ISBN: | 0-7486-9521-4 |
| 0-7486-6889-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910153146403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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