The soul of America : (Record no. 35323)

MARC details
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 0399589813
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780399589812
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 973 ME SO
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Meacham, Jon
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The soul of America :
Subtitle the battle for our better angels /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jon Meacham
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Publisher Random House,
Date c2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 402 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 25 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the "Lost Cause"; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women's rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of "America First" in the years before World War II; the Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson's crusade to finish the fight against Jim Crow. In each of these dramatic, crucial turning points, the battle to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear, was joined, even as it is today. While the American story has not always or even often been heroic, and the outcome of that battle has never been certain, in this inspiring book, Meacham writes, "The good news is that we have come through darkness before," as time and again, Lincoln's better angels have found a way to prevail.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading National characteristics, American
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Topical Heading HISTORY / United States / General
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Topical Heading HISTORY / Social History
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Topical Heading POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
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18/08/2024 1 2 973 ME SO T0061511 30/09/2024 18/08/2024 04/01/2019 REGULAR Dec2018   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 04/01/2019 Kinokuniya