Race and the making of American liberalism /
Traces the roots of the contemporary crisis of progressive liberalism into the nation's racial past. This book argues that the conservative claim that the American liberal tradition has been rooted in a conception of individual rights is inaccurate. It also shows that American liberalism has se...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, England ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2005.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Traces the roots of the contemporary crisis of progressive liberalism into the nation's racial past. This book argues that the conservative claim that the American liberal tradition has been rooted in a conception of individual rights is inaccurate. It also shows that American liberalism has served both to support and oppose racial hierarchy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780195349467 0195349466 1423733770 9781423733775 9780195143485 0195143485 9786610704262 6610704260 9780199850402 0199850402 1280704268 9781280704260 |