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Why America Needs a Left: A Historical Argument
Eli Zaretsky
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Paperback. The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of New Left movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rights movement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period, he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially its critical interaction with mainstream liberalism - proved indispensable. American liberalism, as represented by the Democratic ... Read more
The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of New Left movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rights movement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period, he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially its critical interaction with mainstream liberalism - proved indispensable. American liberalism, as represented by the Democratic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745644851
SKU
V9780745644851
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About Eli Zaretsky
Eli Zaretsky is a Professor of History at the New York School for Social Research.
Reviews for Why America Needs a Left: A Historical Argument
Winner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title "For those disenchanted citizens who have watched, open-mouthed, as America’s national politics have boon increasingly over-run with unabashed hypocrisy, this book will be a small current of fresh air showing the 'influence an intransigent minority can exert on a relatively passive majority'. Hopefully, this book will also be ... Read more