The soul of America the battle for our better angels

Meacham, Jon, author.

Large Print 2018

"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 activi...

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ISBN:

9781984832085

Edition:

First large print edition

Description:

751 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-693) and index

Contents:

To Hope Rather than to Fear
The Confidence of the Whole People: Visions of the Presidency, the Ideas of Progress and Prosperity, and 'We, the People'
The Long Shadow of Appomattox: The Lost Cause, the Ku Klux Klan, and construction
With Soul of Flame and Temper of Steel
A Great and New Thing in the World: The Triumph of Women's Suffrage, the Red Scare, and a New Klan
The Crisis of the Old Order: The Great Depression, Huey Long, the New Deal, and America First
Have You No Sense of Decency?: 'Making Everyone Middle Class," the GI Bill, McCarthyism, and Modern Media
What the Hell's the Presidency For?: 'Segregation Forever,' King's Crusade, and LBJ in the Crucible
The First Duty of an American Citizen

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2594270

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