Unraveling of America A History of Liberalism in The 1960s

Name: Unraveling of America A History of Liberalism in The 1960s
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ISBN: 9780820334059

ISBN-10: 0820334057

ISBN-13: 9780820334059

Edition: 2010

Authors: Allen J. Matusow

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In a book that William E. Leuchtenburg, writing in the Atlantic, called "a work of considerable power," Allen Matusow documents the rise and fall of 1960s liberalism. He offers deft treatments of the major topicsanticommunism, civil rights, Great Society programs, the counterculturemaking the most, throughout, of his subject's tremendous narrative potential. Matusow's preface to the new edition explains the sometimes critical tone of his study. The Unraveling of America, he says, "was intended as a cautionary tale for liberals in the hope that when their hour struck again, they might perhaps be fortified against past error. Now that they have another chance, a look back at the 1960s might…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 12/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 568
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Preface to the 2009 Edition


Preface to the 1984 Edition






The Liberals, the Candidate, and the Election of 1960



Kennedy, Keynes, and the Corporations



Politics and Principle: The Issue of Civil Rights



Origins of the War on Poverty






The Election of 1964



War, Inflation, and Farewell to Keynes



Civil Rights: Triumph and Retreat



War on Poverty I: The Failure of the Welfare State



War on Poverty II: The Strange History of Community Action






Rise and Fall of a Counterculture



Rise and Fall of the New Left



Black Power



The War, the Liberals, and the Overthrow of LBJ



Rout of the Liberals: The Election of 1968


Bibliographic Note


Notes


Index