The strange death of American Liberalism / H.W. Brands

By:

BRANDS, H.W

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.Description: xiii, 200p. ; 21cmISBN:

0-300-09824-3

Subject(s):

Liberalism

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 320.5130973 BRA

Summary: In this provocative book, H.W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not trust the federal government to improve their lives and to heal major social ills. How is it that government has come to be seen as the source of many of our problems, rather than the potential means of their solution? How has the word liberal become a term of abuse in American political discourse?From the Revolution on, argues Brands, Americans have been chronically skeptical of their government.

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Includes bibliography and index

In this provocative book, H.W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not trust the federal government to improve their lives and to heal major social ills. How is it that government has come to be seen as the source of many of our problems, rather than the potential means of their solution? How has the word liberal become a term of abuse in American political discourse?From the Revolution on, argues Brands, Americans have been chronically skeptical of their government.

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