NMC Library
Image from Google Jackets

American Maelstrom : the 1968 election and politics of division / Michael A. Cohen.

By: Series: Pivotal moments in American historyPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199777563
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.973/0924 23
LOC classification:
  • E851 .C65 2016
Contents:
Part I. Before -- Backlash -- Losing the middle ground -- Part II. The Democrats -- A quiet, witty man of grey presence -- The (un)happy warrior -- The most misunderstood man in American politics -- Out like a lion -- The evangelist vs. The philosopher -- The politics of joy? -- Part III. The Republicans -- The cipher -- The short-lived George Romney boomlet -- The "doer" and the "rising star of the west" -- Part IV. Wallace -- The demagogue -- Part V. A tale of two conventions -- A plastic paradise -- A city that works -- Part VI. The general election -- What goes up must come down; what goes down must come up -- The final storm -- Part VII. After -- Post-mortem -- The legacy of 1968.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Before -- Backlash -- Losing the middle ground -- Part II. The Democrats -- A quiet, witty man of grey presence -- The (un)happy warrior -- The most misunderstood man in American politics -- Out like a lion -- The evangelist vs. The philosopher -- The politics of joy? -- Part III. The Republicans -- The cipher -- The short-lived George Romney boomlet -- The "doer" and the "rising star of the west" -- Part IV. Wallace -- The demagogue -- Part V. A tale of two conventions -- A plastic paradise -- A city that works -- Part VI. The general election -- What goes up must come down; what goes down must come up -- The final storm -- Part VII. After -- Post-mortem -- The legacy of 1968.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha