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The soul of America, the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham

Label
The soul of America, the battle for our better angels, Jon Meacham
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
history
Main title
The soul of America
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Oclc number
1035639640
Responsibility statement
Jon Meacham
Sub title
the battle for our better angels
Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear
Table Of 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
Target audience
adult
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