9%OFF
Obama´s America: Leading the US in a Post-American World
Carl T. Pedersen
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Obama´s America: Leading the US in a Post-American World
Hardback. This book explores the rise of Barack Obama and his vision of One America in the context of profound social and political changes in the US, and the potential transformation of American foreign policy in the post-Bush era. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
The year 2008 will be remembered as the moment when the US elected its first African American president. This revealing book seeks to place the extraordinary rise of Barack Obama within the larger context of a possible historic political realignment in the US and of limits to US power in the world. For 2008 also offered a number of history lessons that will surely inform studies of the election and its aftermath. Carl Pedersen's book is an attempt to engage with these history lessons. It examines the demographic changes that will likely change the nature of American national identity. And ... Read more
The year 2008 will be remembered as the moment when the US elected its first African American president. This revealing book seeks to place the extraordinary rise of Barack Obama within the larger context of a possible historic political realignment in the US and of limits to US power in the world. For 2008 also offered a number of history lessons that will surely inform studies of the election and its aftermath. Carl Pedersen's book is an attempt to engage with these history lessons. It examines the demographic changes that will likely change the nature of American national identity. And ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748638949
SKU
V9780748638949
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Carl T. Pedersen
Carl Pedersen is Adjunct Professor of American Studies at the Center for the Study of the Americas, Copenhagen Business School. His most recent publications (in Danish) are The Wrong War: The US and the New World Order (2006) and The Other America: Freedom and Renewal in the US (2008). He has also contributed to The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem ... Read more
Reviews for Obama´s America: Leading the US in a Post-American World
A tempered and thoughtful examination of the ascendancy of President Barack Obama. A non-contentious, thoroughly enjoyable overview of the shifts in American socio-political history that made Obama's ascendancy possible.
Rob Griffiths Political Studies Review A tempered and thoughtful examination of the ascendancy of President Barack Obama. A non-contentious, thoroughly enjoyable overview of the shifts in American socio-political history that ... Read more
Rob Griffiths Political Studies Review A tempered and thoughtful examination of the ascendancy of President Barack Obama. A non-contentious, thoroughly enjoyable overview of the shifts in American socio-political history that ... Read more