Shapers of the Great Debate on the Great Society: A Biographical Dictionary

Author Lawson Bowling

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Lawson Bowling

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Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2005

ISBN13

9780313061806

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eBook

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9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

Describes the lives and perspectives of the individuals involved in the debate about the Great Society, which centered on specific questions dealing with civil rights, poverty, federal aid to education, health care, and the proper role of the national government and its appropriate limitation.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Recent Titles in Shapers of the Great American Debates.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Introduction.
1: Building a Great Society.
2: Harrington, Michael (1928–1989).
3: Johnson, Lyndon (1908–1973).
4: Cohen, Wilbur (1913–1987).
5: Goodwin, Richard (1931–).
6: Reuther, Walter (1907–1970).
7: Califano, Joseph (1931–).
8: Shriver, Sargent (1915–).
9: King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968).
10: Challenging the Great Society.
11: Goldwater, Barry (1909–1998).
12: Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925–).
13: Hayden, Tom (1939–).
14: Carmichael, Stokely (1941–1998).
15: Thurmond, Strom (1902–2003).
16: Banfield, Edward (1916–1999).
17: Both for and Against.
18: Mills, Wilbur (1909–1992).
19: Dirksen, Everett (1896–1969).
20: Daley, Richard (1902–1976).
21: Green, Edith (1910–1987).
22: Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (1927–2003).
Brief Biographies.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
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