California Crucible - The Forging of Modern American Liberalism

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Bell Klappentext Historian Jonathan Bell chronicles the dramatic story of postwar liberalism in California-moving from early grassroots organizing and the election of Pat Brown as governor in 1958 to the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s and the campaigns against the new right in the 1970s. Zusammenfassung Historian Jonathan Bell chronicles the dramatic story of postwar liberalism in California-moving from early grassroots organizing and the election of Pat Brown as governor in 1958 to the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s and the campaigns against the new right in the 1970s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Placing California in Post-World War II American Politics Chapter 1. Politics and Party in California at Mid-Century Chapter 2. Building the Democratic Party in the 1940s Chapter 3. The Stevenson Effect Chapter 4. A Democratic Order Chapter 5. Turning Point: California Politics in the 1950s Chapter 6. The Liberal Moment Chapter 7. Democratic Politics and the Brown Administration Chapter 8. Welfare Reform and the Idea of the Family Chapter 9. Culture Wars, Politics, and Power Chapter 10. The Legacy of the Democratic Party Renaissance Epilogue: Liberal Politics in California in an "Era of Limits" Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Bell
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9780812243871
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4387-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous