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03785aam a22005058a 4500 001 4A283456FD5011E5BD3F60E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160408010147 008 151021s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015040042 020 $a 0465050964 020 $a 9780465050963 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E846 $b .W66 2016 082 00 $a 973.923 $2 23 084 $a POL019000 $a HIS036060 $a POL019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Woods, Randall Bennett, $d 1944- 245 10 $a Prisoners of hope : $b Lyndon B. Johnson, the Great Society, and the limits of liberalism / $c Randall B. Woods. 260 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2016. 263 $a 1601 300 $a p. cm. 520 $a "An eminent historian charts the origins and impact of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society "-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "In Prisoners of Hope, prize-winning historian Randall Woods presents the first comprehensive history of the Great Society, exploring both the breathtaking possibilities of politics, as well as the limits of liberalism. During his first two years in office, Johnson passed a host of historic liberal legislation as part of his Great Society campaign, from the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act to the 1964 Food Stamp Act, Medicare, and Medicaid. But Johnson's ambitious vision for constructing a better, stronger America contained within it the seeds of the program's own destruction. A consummate legislator, Johnson controlled Congress like no president before or since. But as Woods shows, Johnson faced mounting resistance to his legislative initiatives after the 1966 midterm elections, and not always from the Southern whites who are typically thought to have been his opponents. As white opposition to his policies mounted, Johnson was forced to make a number of devastating concessions in order to secure the passage of further Great Society legislation. Even as Americans benefited from the Great Society, millions were left disappointed, from suburban whites to the new anti-war left to urban blacks. Their disillusionment would help give rise to powerful new factions in both the Democratic and Republican parties. The issues addressed by Lyndon Johnson and his cohort remain before the American people today, as we've witnessed in the fight for Obamacare, the racial unrest in St. Louis and Baltimore, and the bitter debate over immigration. As Prisoners of Hope tragically demonstrates, America is still fundamentally at war over the legacy of the Great Society"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1963-1969. 600 10 $a Johnson, Lyndon B. $q (Lyndon Baines), $d 1908-1973. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy $y 1961-1971. 650 0 $a Economic assistance, Domestic $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Social legislation $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Liberalism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Social policy $y 20th century. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 7 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092516.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211023445.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006094950.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20170425010315.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826051744.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160602015434.0 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20160408035707.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4A283456FD5011E5BD3F60E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search