The fierce urgency of now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society

"Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story [of Johnson's liberal agenda] in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented liberal hour in America, a moment, after Kenned...

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1. Verfasser: Zelizer, Julian E. 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Penguin 2015
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Zusammenfassung:"Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story [of Johnson's liberal agenda] in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented liberal hour in America, a moment, after Kennedy's death, when the seas parted and Johnson could simply stroll through to victory. As Zelizer shows, this view is off-base: in many respects America was even more conservative than it seems now, and Johnson's legislative program faced bitter resistance" --Amazon.com. Documents the ambitious agenda through which President Lyndon Johnson and Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, launched the Medicare and Medicaid programs, created the National Endowment for the Arts, and enacted other pivotal advances
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:370 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781594204340
9780143128014

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