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Katznelson, Ira

 
9780871407382: Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
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ISBN 10 : 0871407388 ISBN 13 : 9780871407382
Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014

Synopsis

Redefining the traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and Communism. Ira Katznelson asserts that, during the 1930s and 1940s, American democracy was rescued yet distorted by a unified band of southern legislators who safeguarded racial segregation as they built a new national state to manage capitalism and assert global power. This study brings to life the politicians and pundits of the time, including Walter Lippmann, who argued that America needed a dose of dictatorship; Mississippi's five-foot-two Senator Theodore Bilbo, who advocated the legal separation of races; and Robert Oppenheimer, who built the atomic bomb yet was undone by the nation's hysteria. Fear Itself is a work vital to understanding America and the world the New Deal made.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ira Katznelson is Columbia University's Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, and has served as the president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of When Affirmative Action Was White (ISBN 978 0 393 32851 6).

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Éditeur
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0871407388
ISBN 13 
9780871407382
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
720
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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