From Union Halls to the Suburbs Americans for Democratic Action Transformation of Postwar Liberalism

By bringing the Americans for Democratic Action and its influential public intellectuals into the story of the New Politics movement, Scott Kamen reveals how American liberalism shifted away from the working-class concerns of the New Deal era and began to cater to the interests of a new, suburban professional class.

About the author

Scott Kamen is assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico–Valencia Campus.

Summary

By bringing the Americans for Democratic Action and its influential public intellectuals into the story of the New Politics movement, Scott Kamen reveals how American liberalism shifted away from the working-class concerns of the New Deal era and began to cater to the interests of a new, suburban professional class.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Kamen
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.11.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781625347626
• ISBN: 978-1-62534-762-6
• Pages: 300
• Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond; Culture and Politics in the Co
• Subjects: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - U.S., HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War, Periode des Kalten Krieges (ca. 1945 bis ca. 1990), Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie