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The American Left: Its Impact on Politics and Society Since 1900

Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri

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Conservatives argue that left-wing politics has had an excessive influence in the USA, but few others extend that credit. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones tells the full story of the left's numerous achievements, from effective opposition to militarism to the winning of racial justice. He shows how the socialists of the Old Left gave way by the 1960s to the anti-war militants of the New Left, who in turn helped spawn a 'Newer Left' that moved beyond the by now largely realised socialist agenda. Post-2000, the Bush administration succumbed to the socialism it despised, and now Barack Obama is hailed as a president for the Left.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publish Date: Oct 25th, 2013
  • Pages: 264
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.30in - 6.10in - 0.90in - 1.35lb
  • EAN: 9780748668878
  • Categories: • Civil Rights• United States - 20th Century• United States - 21st Century

About the Author

Rhodri, Jeffreys-Jones: - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is professor emeritus of American History at the University of Edinburgh. He took his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and has been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the Universities of Harvard and Toronto. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Changing Differences: Women and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy and Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War.
Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri: - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is professor emeritus of American History at the University of Edinburgh. He took his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and has been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the Universities of Harvard and Toronto. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Changing Differences: Women and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy and Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War.

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To this refreshing, provocative volume, veteran historian Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones brings a lifetime's knowledge and thought. In a sprightly assault on the conventional wisdom, he demonstrates with a wonderfully eclectic range of examples the effectiveness of the American left and its central role in the shaping of modern American life.-- "Michael Heale, Lancaster University"
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones has written a splendidly provocative study with insights on nearly every page. Anyone who cares about the tangled but consequential history of American radicalism and reform should read this book.-- "Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation and editor of Dissent"
The American Left provides a sweeping overview of the American leftwing and socialist tradition since the late 19th century. It compellingly argues that progressives should cease to dismiss its importance. Instead they should acknowledge its ties with and enormous influence on American progressives. It shows that the American left has made a large contribution to the American Welfare State, changes in social policy and has often been a model for left of centre movements abroad. The committee was unanimous in awarding the prize.--Tom Packer, Chair of the Prize Committee "The American Politics Group - Richard Neustadt Book Prize 2013"

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