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Edward R. Schmitt - President of the Other America: Robert Kennedy and the Politics of Poverty - 9781558499041 - V9781558499041
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President of the Other America: Robert Kennedy and the Politics of Poverty

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Description for President of the Other America: Robert Kennedy and the Politics of Poverty Paperback. As Edward R. Schmitt demonstrates, Kennedy's concern with the problem of poverty was not new. Although critics at the time accused him of opportunistically veering left in order to outflank an unpopular president, a closer look at the historical record reveals a steady evolution rather than a dramatic shift in his politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.

Robert Kennedy’s abbreviated run for the presidency in 1968 has assumed almost mythical proportions in American memory. His campaign has been romanticised because of its tragic end, but also because of the foreign and domestic crises that surrounded it. Yet while most media coverage initially focused on Kennedy’s opposition to the Vietnam War as the catalyst of his candidacy, another issue commanded just as much of his attention. That issue was poverty. Stumping across the country, he repeated the same antipoverty themes before college students in Kansas and Indiana, loggers and women factory workers in Oregon, farmers in Nebraska, and ... Read more

As Edward R. Schmitt demonstrates, Kennedy’s concern with the problem of poverty was not new. Although critics at the time accused him of opportunistically veering left in order to outflank an unpopular president, a closer look at the historical record reveals a steady evolution rather than a dramatic shift in his politics.

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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558499041
SKU
V9781558499041
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