Left in the Center : : The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy /

Left in the Center : : The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy / / Daniel Soyer.

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Daniel Soyer's history of the Liberal Party of New York State, Left in the Center, shows the surprising relationship between democratic socialism and mainstream American politics.Beginning in 1944 and lasting until 2002, the Liberal Party offered voters an ideological seal of approval and playe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Soyer, Daniel,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; 9 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Liberal Party and the Rise and Fall of Pragmatic Social Democracy
  • 1. Labor Politics in New Yo
  • 2. “Fighting Liberals” at the Polls
  • 3. New Deal Legacy at the Crossroads
  • A “Year-Round Party”
  • 5. Cold War Liberalism in City, State, and Nation
  • 6. Liberal Crusades and Backroom Deals
  • 7. New Frontiers
  • 8. Liberal Victory and Liberalism in Turmoil
  • 9. Wars in Vietnam and at Home
  • 10. The End of the Rose Era
  • 11. Not Liberal, Not a Party
  • Postscript: The Afterlife of the Liberal Party
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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