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

Author:: Wall, Wendy, 1962-
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xi, 378 pages) : illustrations

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Summary:

Wendy Wall looks at how and why postwar Americans of diverse backgrounds and divergent political views agreed upon a need for and put forward a unifying set of national values. She particularly focuses on three groups: businessmen, government officials and cultural elites, and a loose collation of activists and intellectuals.

Subject(s):

Political culture—United States—History—20th century
Nationalism—United States—History—20th century
Businessmen—United States—Political activity—History—20th century
Elite (Social sciences)—United States—Political activity—History—20th century
Political activists—United States—History—20th century
Intellectuals—United States—Political activity—History—20th century
United States—Politics and government—1933-1945
United States—Politics and government—1945-1989
United States—Officials and employees—Political activity—History—20th century
United States—Social conditions—20th century

ISBN:

9780199870226 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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