Bibliograph

The gifted generation, when government was good, David Goldfield

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The gifted generation, when government was good, David Goldfield

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-511) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gifted generation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

987909544

Responsibility statement

David Goldfield

Sub title

when government was good

Summary

A history of the post-World War II decades traces the efforts of an activist federal government to guide the U.S. toward a realization of the American Dream, exploring the era's unprecedented economic, social, and environmental growth. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

Crossing the meridian -- Introduction: Good government -- Moving -- Pioneers -- The plowboy -- To secure these rights -- South by north -- The scarlet letter -- The endless frontier -- "To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships!" -- Settlement -- The Swedish Jew -- The wheels of justice -- Yesterday -- Tomorrow -- Steps -- Confidence -- Gifts -- The cowboy -- Interlude -- Being Lincoln -- Patrimony -- A woman's world -- The great American breakthrough -- Blood -- The great regression -- Party lines -- The populist moment -- Stall -- The color line -- The old country -- The great regression

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When government was good

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