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Not even past : Barack Obama and the burden of race / Thomas J. Sugrue.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 908.3 .S84 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sugrue, Thomas J., 1962-
- Series:
- Lawrence Stone lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack.
- Obama, Barack--Political and social views.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Racism--Political aspects--United States.
- Racism.
- Social classes--Political aspects--United States.
- Social classes.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Political and social views.
- Race relations--Political aspects.
- Racism--Political aspects.
- Social classes--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 165 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
- Summary:
- Barack Obama, in his acclaimed campaign speech discussing the troubling complexities of race in America today, quoted William Faulkner's famous remark, 'The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past'. In this book, Thomas Sugrue examines the paradox of race in Obama's America and how President Obama intends to deal with it.
- Contents:
- "This is my story" : Obama, civil rights, and memory
- Obama and the truly disadvantaged : the politics of race and class
- "A more perfect Union"? : the burden of race in Obama's America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP51.60 0.
- Local Notes:
- Dr. Sugrue is a former board member of HSP.
- ISBN:
- 9780691137308
- 0691137307
- OCLC:
- 466343257
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