The gifted generation, when government was good, David Goldfield
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The gifted generation, when government was good, David Goldfield
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-511) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The gifted generation
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
987909544
Responsibility statement
David Goldfield
Sub title
when government was good
Summary
A history of the post-World War II decades traces the efforts of an activist federal government to guide the U.S. toward a realization of the American Dream, exploring the era's unprecedented economic, social, and environmental growth. --Publisher
Table Of Contents
Crossing the meridian -- Introduction: Good government -- Moving -- Pioneers -- The plowboy -- To secure these rights -- South by north -- The scarlet letter -- The endless frontier -- "To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships!" -- Settlement -- The Swedish Jew -- The wheels of justice -- Yesterday -- Tomorrow -- Steps -- Confidence -- Gifts -- The cowboy -- Interlude -- Being Lincoln -- Patrimony -- A woman's world -- The great American breakthrough -- Blood -- The great regression -- Party lines -- The populist moment -- Stall -- The color line -- The old country -- The great regression
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When government was good
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- Federal government -- United States -- Public opinion
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Baby boom generation + Attitudes
- Public investments -- United States -- Public opinion
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Public opinion -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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- Federal government -- United States -- Public opinion
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Baby boom generation + Attitudes
- Public investments -- United States -- Public opinion
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Public opinion -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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- Author1
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