Obama's America / Carl Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedersen, Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack.

Presidents--United States--Election--2008.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

United States--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The year 2008 will be remembered as the moment when the US elected its first African American president. This revealing book seeks to place the extraordinary rise of Barack Obama within the larger context of a possible historic political realignment in the US and of limits to US power in the world.For 2008 also offered a number of history lessons that will surely inform studies of the election and its aftermath. Carl Pedersen's book is an attempt to engage with these history lessons. It examines the demographic changes that will likely change the nature of American national identity. And it as

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Prologue: 27 July 2004; Part One Obama's America; 1 Identities; 2 Grassroots; 3 Network; Part Two Obama's World; 4 At Home in the World; 6 The Obama Doctrine; Epilogue: 20 January 2009; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-7205-2

1-282-13659-3

9786612136597

0-7486-4020-7

OCLC:

430835856