Barack Obama and the future of American politics /

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Author / Creator:Street, Paul Louis.
Imprint:Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.
Description:xl, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7408500
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ISBN:1594516316 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781594516313 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-272) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: "A Man for All Seasons?" The Dark Essences of American Politics
  • 1. Obama's "Dollar Value"
  • 2. The Other Hidden Primary
  • 3. How "Black" Is Obama? Color, Class, Generation, and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era
  • 4. How "Antiwar"? Obama, Iraq, and the Audacity of Empire
  • 5. Obama Nation: Sixteen Reasons
  • 6. Beyond the Narrow Spectrum: Citizens, Politicans, Change, and the Obama Phenomenon
  • Afterword: Imagining a Progressive Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • Index