The political life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998 : electoral failures and the vagaries of identity politics / / Alan H. Levy

• Autore: Levy Alan Howard
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Women legislators - United States; Legislators - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 Madame Mayor; 2 A Very Expensive Memo; 3 This Jinxed Hotel Again; 4 No Good, No Good At All; 5 Conundrums on the Periphery; 6 Gender Gap; 7 Keeping Faith All the Way to Nairobi; 8 Presumptuous Irrelevance in Geneva; 9 Later Years; 10 International Patronage; 11 Epilogue and Legacy; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998 is the second part of the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Alan H. Levy explores the political life of one of the most important woman in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. This second part takes up Abzug's life from the point in 1976 when she narrowly lost her bid for the N.Y. Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate. The biography follows Abzug's unsuccessful attempts to regain political prominence, and her work on behalf of women at both national and internationa
• Titolo autorizzato: The political life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998
• ISBN: 0-7391-8725-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821485303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II