The Liberal Hour
Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
$44.92
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2009
Summary
An engaging be hind-the-scenes look at the lesser-known forces that fueled the profound social reforms of the 1960sProvocative and incisive , The Liberal Hour reveals how Washington, so often portrayed as a target of reform in the 1960s, was in fact the era’s most effective engine of change. The movements of the 1960s have always drawn the most attention from the decade’s chroniclers, but it was in the halls of government-so often the target of protesters’ wrath-that the enduring reforms of the era were produced. With nuance and panache, Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot present the real-life characters-from giants like JFK and Johnson to lesser-known senators and congressmen-who drove these reforms and were critical to the passage of key legislation. The Liberal Hour offers an engrossing portrait of this extraordinary moment when more progressive legislation was passed than in almost any other era in American history.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143115465 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143115464 |
| Author: | Robert Weisbrot, G. Calvin Mackenzie |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 139mm x 215mm |
| Series: | Penguin History of American Life |
| Audience Age: | 17-17 |
Critics Review
This is a terrific and timely book
” This is a terrific and timely book-a riveting narrative of one of the most fascinating decades in American history.”
-Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals
“A valuable corrective to a lot of hackneyed thinking about the significance of the ‘60s.”
-The New York Times
Robert Weisbrot
G. Calvin Mackenzie is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and has a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard. Mackenzie is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on American government, including THE POLITICS OF PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS, THE HOUSE AT WORK, AMERICA’S UNELECTED GOVERNMENT, THE IN-AND-OUTERS, THE IRONY OF REFORM AND BUCKING THE DEFICIT, INNOCENT UNTIL NOMINATED and SCANDAL PROOF: CAN ETHICS LAWS MAKE GOVERNMENT ETHICAL? Mackenzie has been a consultant to Congress and to several federal departments and
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