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New. The New Deal established the contours and character of modern American democracy. It created an anchor and a reference point for American liberal politics through the struggles for racial, gender, and economic equality in the five decades that followed it. Indeed, the ways that liberalism has changed in meaning since the New Deal provide a critical prism through which to understand twentieth-century politics. From the consensus liberalism of the war years to the strident liberalism of the sixties to the besieged liberalism of the eighties and through the more recent national debates about welfare reform and Social Security privatization, the prominent historians gathered here explore the convoluted history of the complex legacy of the New Deal and its continuing effect on the present. In its scope and variety of subjects, this book reflects the protean quality of American liberalism. Alan Brinkley focuses on the range of choices New Dealers faced. Alonzo Hamby traces the Democratic Party's…
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The Achievement of American Liberalism: The New Deal and Its Legacies Hardcover - 2003
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- Title The Achievement of American Liberalism: The New Deal and Its Legacies
- Author William Chafe (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 350
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2003-02
- ISBN 9780231112123 / 0231112122
- Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.46 x 6.08 x 0.93 in (24.03 x 15.44 x 2.36 cm)
- Reading level 1510
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects -, New Deal, 1933-1939
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002073366
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.917
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- Library Journal, 12/01/2002, Page 146
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