Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-38099-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: The World of the Roosevelts

The mutually energizing and often volatile friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson - unexplored in depth by scholars until this study - was one of the last century s remarkable political alliances. Both Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt shared a view of politics as a moral enterprise, one in which the fulfillment of its "mission" was the betterment of the human condition. This belief was the foundation upon which their legislative initiatives were constructed. Employing letters and diaries as well as contemporary media accounts, this book examines the perspectives, the convictions, the style, and the spirit that both principals brought to the calling of public service.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henry, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I The United Nations: Crucible of the Alliance PART II The 1952 Campaign On the World Stage Race as an Issue A Second Run for the Presidency Civil Rights Again Strains in the Alliance Cross-Currents on Race The 1956 Democratic Convention Campaign Trail Again Aftermath: Time for Reflection The 1957 Civil Rights Bill The Alliance Loosens End of the Alliance Transition PART III Eleanor, Adlai and J.F.K. Coda The Summing-Up

Über Autor(innen)

RICHARD HENRYis a retired pastor and independent scholar, and the author of Norbert Fabian Capek: A Spiritual Journey.