The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered

American Politics and Society in the Postwar Era
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8130-5426-1
Verlag: Longleaf Services on Behalf of U of Florida Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Confronting Godfrey Hodgson’s long-standing theory that a “liberal consensus” shaped the United States after World War II, this volume finds that although elite politicians from both parties did share certain principles that gave direction to postwar America, the nation still experienced major political, cultural, and ideological conflict during this time.

Here, leading scholars—including Hodgson himself—draw on fresh research to examine how the consensus related to key policy areas, how it was viewed by different factions and groups, what its limitations were, and why it fell apart in the late 1960s. They offer new insights into the era and diverging opinions on one of the most influential interpretations of mid-twentieth-century U.S. history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Robert

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Mason, professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, is the author of The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan.

Iwan Morgan, professor of United States studies at University College London, is the author of Reagan: American Icon and coeditor of From Sit-Ins toSNCC: The Student Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s