The Great Society and the high tide of liberalism / edited by Sidney M. Milkis and Jerome M. Mileur.
| Other author | Milkis, Sidney M. |
| Other author | Mileur, Jerome M. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xxi, 490 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Political development of the American nation Political development of the American nation. ^A418414 |
| Contents | Lyndon Johnson, the Great Society, and the "twilight" of the modern presidency / Sidney M. Milkis -- Sixties civics / Hugh Heclo -- Pluralism, postwar intellectuals, and the demise of the union idea / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Contested rights : the Great Society between home and work / Eileen Boris -- Making pluralism "great" : beyond a recycled history of the Great Society / Brian Balogh -- Lyndon Johnson in the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt / William E. Leuchtenburg -- Great societies and great empires : Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Lyndon Johnson : means and ends, and what his presidency means in the end / David M. Shribman -- The politics of the Great Society / Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward -- The new politics of participatory democracy viewed through a feminist lens / Rosalyn Baxandall -- Freedom from ignorance? : the Great Society and the evolution of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 / Patrick McGuinn and Frederick Hess -- Medicare : the Great Society's enduring national health insurance program / Edward Berkowitz -- Justices and justice : reflections on the Warren Court's legacy / Henry J. Abraham -- The Great Society's civil rights legacy : continuity 1, discontinuity 3 / Hugh Davis Graham -- From tax and spend to mandate and sue : liberalism after the Great Society / R. Shep Melnick -- The Great Society and the demise of New Deal liberalism / Jerome M. Mileur. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005011750 |
| ISBN | 1558494936 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1558494944 (library cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HN65 .G743 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |