THE LIBERAL HOUR ( WASHINGTON AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE 1960s )

G. CALVIN MACKENZIE AND ROBERT WEISBROT

ISBN 10: 1594201706 / ISBN 13: 9781594201707

Published by Penguin Press, N.Y., 2008

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STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH COMPLETE NUMBER LINE STARTING WITH NUMBER 1.text has NO writing.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET .binding is solid.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIBERAL HOUR ( WASHINGTON AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE IN THE 1960s )
• Publisher: Penguin Press, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594201706
• ISBN 13: 9781594201707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A history of the liberal movement in the 1960s challenges popular misconceptions to argue that the government was largely responsible for many of the positive changes associated with the period, in an account that evaluates the cultural and political factors that enabled key reforms. 30,000 first printing.

About the Author

G. Calvin Mackenzie is the Goldfarb Family Professor of Government at Colby College, and has written or edited more than a dozen books on American government and public policy. A Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, he holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and was the John Adams Fellow at the Institute for United States Studies in London. He was also a soldier with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam

Robert Weisbrot is the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Colby College. He is the author of numerous books, including Freedom Bound: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Maximum Danger: Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence.