The gifted generation : when government was good /: when government was good. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: When government was good
• Further Information: Note: David Goldfield.
• Authors: Goldfield, David R, 1944-
• Contents: Crossing the meridian -- Introduction: Good government -- Moving -- Pioneers -- The plowboy -- To secure these rights -- South by north -- The scarlet letter -- The endless frontier -- "To hell with Jews, Jesuits, and steamships!" -- Settlement -- The Swedish Jew -- The wheels of justice -- Yesterday -- Tomorrow -- Steps -- Confidence -- Gifts -- The cowboy -- Interlude -- Being Lincoln -- Patrimony -- A woman's world -- The great American breakthrough -- Blood -- The great regression -- Party lines -- The populist moment -- Stall -- The color line -- The old country -- The great regression.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury USA
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 534 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 320.97309/04; History -- United States -- 20th Century; Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Baby boom generation -- Attitudes; Federal government -- United States -- Public opinion; Public investments -- United States -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- United States; HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; LAW / Government / Federal; History -- Social History; Law -- Government -- Federal; History of the Americas; United States -- History -- 1945-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781620400890; 1620400898
• Related ISBNs: 9781620400883; 162040088X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-511) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.