| Description |
xxi, 490 pages ; 23 cm. |
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Political development of the American nation
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Political development of the American nation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Lyndon Johnson, the Great Society, and the "twilight" of the modern presidency / Sidney M. Milkis -- Sixties civics / Hugh Heclo -- Pluralism, postwar intellectuals, and the demise of the union idea / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Contested rights : the Great Society between home and work / Eileen Boris -- Making pluralism "great" : beyond a recycled history of the Great Society / Brian Balogh -- Lyndon Johnson in the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt / William E. Leuchtenburg -- Great societies and great empires : Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Lyndon Johnson : means and ends, and what his presidency means in the end / David M. Shribman -- The politics of the Great Society / Frances Fox Piven, Richard A. Cloward -- The new politics of participatory democracy viewed through a feminist lens / Rosalyn Baxandall -- Freedom from ignorance? : the Great Society and the evolution of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 / Patrick McGuinn, Frederick Hess -- Medicare : the Great Society's enduring national health insurance program / Edward Berkowitz -- Justices and justice : reflections on the Warren Court's legacy / Henry J. Abraham -- The Great Society's civil rights legacy : continuity 1, discontinuity 3 / Hugh Davis Graham -- From tax and spend to mandate and sue : liberalism after the Great Society / R. Shep Melnick -- The Great Society and the demise of New Deal liberalism / Jerome M. Mileur. |
| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. |
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Liberalism -- United States.
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Liberalism. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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United States -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Added Author |
Milkis, Sidney M.
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Mileur, Jerome M.
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| ISBN |
1558494936 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781558494930 paperback alkaline paper |
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1558494944 library cloth alkaline paper |
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9781558494947 library cloth alkaline paper |
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