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02874aam a2200529 i 4500 001 77B23764D72E11E7950E963597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171202010023 008 170426t20172017nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017020004 020 $a 162040088X 020 $a 9781620400883 035 $a (OCoLC)987909544 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d PAP $d ZPP $d WZW $d IGA $d YDX $d BUR $d YDX $d VP@ $d CZA $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E741 $b .G65 2017 082 00 $a 320.97309/04 $2 23 100 1 $a Goldfield, David R., $d 1944- $e author. 245 14 $a The gifted generation : $b when government was good / $c David Goldfield. 246 30 $a When government was good 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, $c 2017. 300 $a viii, 534 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-511) and index. 505 0 $a Crossing the meridian -- Introduction: Good government -- Moving -- Pioneers -- The plowboy -- To secure these rights -- South by north -- The scarlet letter -- The endless frontier -- "To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships!" -- Settlement -- The Swedish Jew -- The wheels of justice -- Yesterday -- Tomorrow -- Steps -- Confidence -- Gifts -- The cowboy -- Interlude -- Being Lincoln -- Patrimony -- A woman's world -- The great American breakthrough -- Blood -- The great regression -- Party lines -- The populist moment -- Stall -- The color line -- The old country -- The great regression. 520 $a A history of the post-World War II decades traces the efforts of an activist federal government to guide the U.S. toward a realization of the American Dream, exploring the era's unprecedented economic, social, and environmental growth. --Publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1945- 650 0 $a Social change $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1989- 650 0 $a Baby boom generation $x Attitudes. 650 0 $a Federal government $z United States $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a Public investments $z United States $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z United States. 941 $a 9 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012615.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010020331.0 952 $l DMPC403 $d 20220806011202.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204090755.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110072646.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214022421.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720050531.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403020718.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20180309012016.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77B23764D72E11E7950E963597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search