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American dreamers : how the left changed a nation
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Title
American dreamers : how the left changed a nation / by Michael Kazin.
ISBN
9780307266286
0307266281
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Physical Description
xix, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
A panoramic history of liberal politics in America analyzes the impact of major movements throughout the past two centuries, from abolitionism and industrial-age labor disputes to the civil-rights movement and the emergence of alternative political groups.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 29, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Freedom songs, 1820s-1840s
The halfway revolution, 1840s-1870s
The salvation of labor, 1870s-1890s
A tale of three socialisms, 1890s-1920s
The paradox of American communism, 1920s-1950s
Not with my life, you don't, 1950s-1980s
Rebels without a movement, 1980s-2010.
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