The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama

by Eric Alterman and Kevin Mattson

Book Overview

A major history of American liberalism and the key personalities behind the movement Why is it that nearly every liberal initiative since the end of the New Deal--whether busing, urban development, affirmative action, welfare, gun control, or Roe v. Wade --has fallen victim to its grand aspirations, often exacerbating the very problem it seeks to solve? In this groundbreaking work, the first full treatment of modern liberalism in the United States,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143121642
• ISBN13: 9780143121640
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher