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The Great Society and the High Tide of Liberalism
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Paperback. These essays examine the policies and programs of LBJ's Great Society, and the ideological and political shifts that changed the nature of liberalism. Some essays focus on Lyndon Johnson himself and the institution of the modern presidency, others on specific reform measures, and others on the impact of these initiatives in the following decades. Editor(s): Milkis, Sidney M.; Mileur, Jerome M. Series: Political Development of the American Nation: Studies in Politics and History. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 685.
The long era of liberal reform that began with the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century and continued with the New Deal, culminated in the 1960s with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Inspired by the example of his mentor, Franklin Roosevelt, Johnson sought to extend the agenda of the New Deal beyond the realm of economic security to civil rights, housing, education, and health care. In the end, however, his bold ambitions for a Great Society, initiated against the backdrop of an increasingly costly and divisive war, fueled a conservative backlash and undermined faith in liberalism itself. In this volume ... Read more
The long era of liberal reform that began with the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century and continued with the New Deal, culminated in the 1960s with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Inspired by the example of his mentor, Franklin Roosevelt, Johnson sought to extend the agenda of the New Deal beyond the realm of economic security to civil rights, housing, education, and health care. In the end, however, his bold ambitions for a Great Society, initiated against the backdrop of an increasingly costly and divisive war, fueled a conservative backlash and undermined faith in liberalism itself. In this volume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Political Development of the American Nation: Studies in Politics and History
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558494930
SKU
V9781558494930
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About
Sidney M. Milkis is White Burkett Miller Professor and chair of the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and author of The President and the Parties. For many years the editor of Polity, Jerome M. Mileur is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Reviews for The Great Society and the High Tide of Liberalism
You can't understand American politics today without understanding the 1960s, and you can't really understand the 60's without reading this collection of first-rate essays by some of the nation's most thoughtful observers of modern America. - Steve Gillon, author of Boomer Nation: The Largest and Richest Generation Ever and How It Changed America