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02383aam a2200385Ki 4500 001 A372A04C989711E4B97AA57FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 140605s2015 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781594204340 020 $a 1594204349 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d GK8 $d OCLCQ $d DAD $d BUR $d OCLCO $d TXG $d SILO 082 04 $a 973.923 $2 23 100 1 $a Zelizer, Julian E. 245 14 $a The fierce urgency of now : $b Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society / $c Julian E. Zelizer. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 370 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The challenges of a liberal presidency -- Deadlocked democracy -- New president, same old Congress -- Legislating civil rights -- How Barry Goldwater built the Great Society -- The fabulous Eighty-Ninth Congress -- Congressional conservatism revived -- The triumph of austerity politics -- The endurance of the Great Society. 520 $a "Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story [of Johnson's liberal agenda] in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented liberal hour in America, a moment, after Kennedy's death, when the seas parted and Johnson could simply stroll through to victory. As Zelizer shows, this view is off-base: in many respects America was even more conservative than it seems now, and Johnson's legislative program faced bitter resistance" --Amazon.com. 600 10 $a Johnson, Lyndon B. $q (Lyndon Baines), $d 1908-1973. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1963-1969. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy $y 1961-1971. 651 0 $a United States $x Social policy $y 1961-1971. 941 $a 9 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611013112.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210707012735.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323020023.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202011823.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031731.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190109010130.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006082753.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20161012010344.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160412010324.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A372A04C989711E4B97AA57FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search