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The eclipse of equality : arguing America on Meet the press / Solon Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, Solon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- Social conflict--United States.
- Social conflict.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Meet the press (Television program).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Red state vs. blue state. Republican vs. Democrat. Fox News vs. The Daily Show. The so-called culture wars have become such a fixture of American politics that dividing the country into rival camps seems natural and political gridlock seems inevitable. Entering the fray, Solon Simmons offers an intriguing twist on the debate: Our disagreements come not from unbridgeable divides, but from differing interpretations of a single underlying American tradition-liberalism. Both champions of traditional liberal values, Republicans have become the party of individual freedom while Democrats
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1. Nothing Is More Important: Arguing America; 2. Basically Totally Dysfunctional: The Rhetorical Roots of Protracted Social Conflict; 3. Spreading Democracy Around the World: A World Made Safe for Private Enterprise; 4. Taking Aim at the New Deal: To Restore the Idea of America; 5. That Redemption We Dream Of: The Tangle of Intolerances; 6. The Gravest Problem: Reds, Rackets, and the Unmaking of the Democratic Class Struggle; 7. Conclusion: To Clarify American Opinion; Epilogue: If It's Sunday, It's 'Meet the Press'; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804786461
- 0804786461
- OCLC:
- 831119159
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