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The New Radicalism in America 1889-1963: The Intellectual as a Social Type
Contributor(s): Lasch, Christopher (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393316963     ISBN-13: 9780393316964
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $25.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 1997
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Annotation: Around the turn of the century, the American liberal tradition made a major shift away from politics. The new radicals were more interested in the reform of education, culture, and sexual mores. Through vivid biographies, Christopher Lasch chronicles these social reformers from Jane Addams, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Lincoln Steffens to Norman Mailer and Dwight MacDonald.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism
- History | United States - General
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 305.552
LCCN: 86001387
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.10 lbs) 380 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
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Contributor Bio(s): Lasch, Christopher: - Christopher Lasch (1932-1994), professor of history at the University of Rochester, wrote, among many other works, The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics and the best-selling Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy.
 
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