Inventing the "American way" : the politics of consensus from the New Deal to the civil rights movement /

"Wendy Wall looks at how and why postwar Americans of diverse backgrounds and divergent political views agreed upon a need for and put forward a unifying set of national values. She particularly focuses on three groups: businessmen, government officials and cultural elites, and a loose collatio...

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Main Author: Wall, Wendy, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
USA
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Wendy Wall looks at how and why postwar Americans of diverse backgrounds and divergent political views agreed upon a need for and put forward a unifying set of national values. She particularly focuses on three groups: businessmen, government officials and cultural elites, and a loose collation of activists and intellectuals." -- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 378 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical reference (pages 295-359) and index.
ISBN:9780198044031
0198044038
9781435620476
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0199736820
9780199870226
0199870225