The Resource The soul of America : the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham
The soul of America : the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham
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- 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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Contents
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- 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 Reconstruction
- With Soul of Flame and Temper of Steel: "The Melting Pot", TR and his "Bully Pulpit," and the Progressive Promise
- A New and Good 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 is the Presidency For?: "Segregation Forever," King's Crusade, and LBJ in the Crucible
- The First Duty of an American Citizen
- Isbn
- 9780399589812
- Label
- The soul of America : the battle for our better angels
- Title
- The soul of America
- Title remainder
- the battle for our better angels
- Statement of responsibility
- Jon Meacham
- Language
- eng
- 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."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Meacham, Jon
- Dewey number
- 973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E169.1
- LC item number
- .M4977 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- National characteristics, American
- Social movements
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Label
- The soul of America : the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- 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 Reconstruction -- With Soul of Flame and Temper of Steel: "The Melting Pot", TR and his "Bully Pulpit," and the Progressive Promise -- A New and Good 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 is the Presidency For?: "Segregation Forever," King's Crusade, and LBJ in the Crucible -- The First Duty of an American Citizen
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399589812
- Lccn
- 2018010451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1022199604
- Label
- The soul of America : the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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 Reconstruction -- With Soul of Flame and Temper of Steel: "The Melting Pot", TR and his "Bully Pulpit," and the Progressive Promise -- A New and Good 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 is the Presidency For?: "Segregation Forever," King's Crusade, and LBJ in the Crucible -- The First Duty of an American Citizen
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 402 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399589812
- Lccn
- 2018010451
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1022199604
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