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Author: Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri (Professor Emeritus of American History, University of Edinburgh.) ,
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (Professor Emeritus of American History, University of Edinburgh.)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Edition: 4th ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.545kg
ISBN: 9780748668878
ISBN 10: 074866887
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 25 October 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Winner of the American Politics Group's 2013 Neustadt Book Prize
To this refreshing, provocative volume, veteran historian Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones brings a lifetime’s knowledge and thought. In a sprightly assault on the conventional wisdom, he demonstrates with a wonderfully eclectic range of examples the effectiveness of the American left and its central role in the shaping of modern American life. * Michael Heale, Lancaster University * Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones has written a splendidly provocative study with insights on nearly every page. Anyone who cares about the tangled but consequential history of American radicalism and reform should read this book. * Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation and editor of Dissent * The American Left provides a sweeping overview of the American leftwing and socialist tradition since the late 19th century. It compellingly argues that progressives should cease to dismiss its importance. Instead they should acknowledge its ties with and enormous influence on American progressives. It shows that the American left has made a large contribution to the American Welfare State, changes in social policy and has often been a model for left of centre movements abroad. The committee was unanimous in awarding the prize. -- Tom Packer, Chair of the Prize Committee * The American Politics Group - Richard Neustadt Book Prize 2013 *
Author Information
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is professor emeritus of American History at the University of Edinburgh. He took his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and has been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the Universities of Harvard and Toronto. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Changing Differences: Women and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy and Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is professor emeritus of American History at the University of Edinburgh. He took his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and has been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the Universities of Harvard and Toronto. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Changing Differences: Women and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy and Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War.
