Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-633) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Part I: A chronic restlessness. -- Wanderers and dreamers -- Joshua rising -- The pendulum swings forward -- Part II: Hope and change -- Bamelot -- President of the entire United States -- Dancing with the caucus -- Man on a tightrope -- Pitchforks, daggers, and carnival barkers -- Guess who's coming to tea -- Signifier in chief -- Renaissance woman -- The blood of Africa -- Demographics and destinies -- Part III: The best of times, the worst of times -- Bamelot 2.0 -- A second wind -- "If I had a son" -- The measure of a president -- The pendulum swings back -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"With lively prose and sensitivity to context, this book offers a sweeping, authoritative history of the Obama presidency, focusing particularly on its impact and meaning vis-à-vis African Americans. This interpretative account captures the America that made Obama's White House years possible, while at the same time rendering the America that resolutely resisted the idea of a Black chief executive, thus making conceivable the ascent of his most unlikely of successors"-- Provided by publisher.
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