Inventing the "American way" : the politics of consensus from the New Deal to the civil rights movement / Wendy L. Wall.

  • Wall, Wendy, 1962-
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2008
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Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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xi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Pt. I. Enemies at home and abroad (1935-1941) -- "Are we a nation?" -- Industrial democracy versus free enterprise -- In search of common ground -- Pt. II. The politics of unity during World War II (1942-1945) -- The spectre of "divide and conquer" -- "The house I live in" -- Pt. III. Shaping a Cold War consensus (1946-1955) -- United America -- The Freedom Train -- Crusading for freedom at home and abroad -- Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical reference (p. [295]-359) and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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