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how three families and America moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and beyond
By Samuel G. Freedman
"The inheritance" was published by Simon & Schuster in 1996 - New York, it has 464 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The inheritance” Metadata:
- Title: The inheritance
- Author: Samuel G. Freedman
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 464
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish Date: 1996
- Publish Location: New York
“The inheritance” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ History - Politics and government - Case studies - Working class families - Party affiliation - Working class - Political activity - New York Times reviewed - Conservatism - Political parties, united states - United states, politics and government, 20th century - United states, history, 20th century - United states, social conditions, 1945-
- Places: United States
- Time: 20th century
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 464 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL984076M - OL3274121W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 34710881
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 96021814
- ISBN-10: 0684811162
- All ISBNs: 0684811162
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Snippets and Summary:
IN THE WANING DAYS OF JANUARY 1918, SILVIO BURIGO carried an autograph book to his classroom at Public School 85 in the Italian slum of East Harlem.
"The inheritance" Description:
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In a chronicle of three generations of three working-class families, award-winning journalist Samuel G. Freedman tells the human story of the political transformation of twentieth-century America - the rise and fall of FDR's New Deal coalition and its displacement by the new conservatism of Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich. This is the single most important political phenomenon of our times. Freedman has selected three families who are at once singular and broadly representative. They are families who reached this country just as the century was beginning and struggled as blacksmiths and domestics and butchers and plumbers to gain a foothold. They are families who acted on their beliefs not only by voting but also by organizing neighborhoods and leading union chapters, canvassing precincts and watching polls and marching in torch-light parades. These families were pillars of the Democratic coalition that largely led America from 1932 until 1968 - community activists, trade unionists, machine politicians, with loyalties based on religion, ethnicity, and social class. These families equally embody the forces that shifted the majority into Republican hands for all but four years between 1968 and 1992 - grievances about taxes, crime, and reverse discrimination; the rise of suburbia and a shift to a new political machine based on private financing for development rather than public works. They are individuals who shifted from New Deal Democrats to Reagan Republicans to a mixture of GOP stalwarts, hesitant Clinton backers, and political dropouts. And in so doing, they carried with them a nation's destiny. The Inheritance will change our understanding of how and why America selects its leaders.
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