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Author:

Zeitz, Joshua, author.

Title:

Building the Great Society : inside Lyndon Johnson's White House / Joshua Zeitz.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 378 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Johnson, Lyndon B.--(Lyndon Baines),--1908-1973.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
United States--Economic policy--1961-1971.
United States--Social policy--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index.

Contents:

Put the ball through the hoop -- Participation in prosperity -- Second day -- Revolutionary activity -- Frontlash -- A frustrating paradox -- Completing the Fair Deal -- Get 'em! Get the last ones! -- The fabulous Eighty-ninth -- Guns and butter -- Backlash -- You aren't a man in your own right -- The thirty-first of March -- Conclusion.

Summary:

The author of Lincoln's Boys presents an analysis of the Johnson administration that reveals how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice, profiling major figures in the liberal reforms of the 1960s while warning readers of the consequences of dismantling at-risk programs ranging from Medicare to Head Start.

ISBN:

052542878X
9780525428787

LCCN:

bl2017046094

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