Making Sense of American Liberalism
Jonathan Bell (Edited by), Timothy Stanley (Edited by), Anthony J. Badger (Contributions by), Jonathan Bell (Contributions by), Lizabeth Cohen (Contributions by), Susan Hartmann (Contributions by), Ella Howard (Contributions by), Bruce Miroff (Contributions by), Nelson Lichtenstein (Contributions by), Doug Rossinow (Contributions by), Timothy Stanley (Contributions by), Timothy Thurber (Contributions by)
9780252036866
Hardback, published 20 March 2012
272 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.54 kg
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2013.
— A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2013.
This collection of thoughtful and timely essays offers refreshing and intelligent new perspectives on postwar American liberalism. Sophisticated yet accessible, Making Sense of American Liberalism challenges popular myths about liberalism in the United States. The volume presents the Democratic Party and liberal reform efforts such as civil rights, feminism, labor, and environmentalism as a more united, more radical force than has been depicted in scholarship and the media emphasizing the decline and disunity of the left.
Distinguished contributors assess the problems liberals have confronted in the twentieth century, examine their strategies for reform, and chart the successes and potential for future liberal reform.
Contributors are Anthony J. Badger, Jonathan Bell, Lizabeth Cohen, Susan Hartmann, Ella Howard, Bruce Miroff, Nelson Lichtenstein, Doug Rossinow, Timothy Stanley, and Timothy Thurber.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction Timothy Stanley and Jonathan Bell
Part I: Liberals and the Left
1. Partners for Progress? Liberals and Radicals in the Long Twentieth Century Doug Rossinow
2. From Popular Front to Liberalism: Redefining the Political in California in the Post-World War II
3. Going Beyond the New Deal: Socialists and the Democratic Party in the 1970s Timothy Stanley
4. From Friends to Foes: George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, and the Fracture in American Liberalism B
Part II: Liberals and Urban Policy
5. New York Liberalism and the Fight against Homelessness Ella Howard
6. Liberalism in the Postwar City: Public and Private Power in Urban Renewal Lizabeth Cohen
Part III: Coalitions
7. Albert Gore Sr., Liberalism and the South in the 1960s Tony Badger
8. Forgotten Architects of the Second Reconstruction Republicans and Cvil Rights, 1945-1972 Timothy
9. Liberal Feminism and the Reshaping of the New Deal Order Susan M. Hartmann
10. Labor, Liberalism, and the Democratic Party: A Fruitful but Vexed Alliance Nelson Lichtenstein
Contributors
Index
Back Cover
