1st Edition

Harold Laski and American Liberalism

By Gary Best Copyright 2005
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

For nearly three decades, the English political scientist Harold Laski was the gray eminence of American liberalism and its most influential Marxist public intellectual. As a fervent proponent of the New Deal in the 1930s, much of Laski's success stemmed from the fact that he offered answers when so many Americans had only questions. By the postwar years, however, his reputation was in decline... Read more
Preface, Introduction, 1. American Years, 2. To the New Deal, 3. The New Deal Begins, 4. The Second New Deal, 5. The American Presidency, 6. The Road to War, 7. Peace and Cold War, 8. The American Democracy, 9. Final Frustrations, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

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