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- Book Title
- Why History Matters : Life and Thought
- Publication Name
- Promises Kept
- Title
- Promises Kept
- Subtitle
- John F. Kennedy's New Frontier
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0195122895
- EAN
- 9780195122893
- ISBN
- 9780195122893
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Feminism & Feminist Theory, Historiography, Women's Studies
- Release Date
- 28/05/1998
- Release Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 5.5in
- Item Width
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Features
- Reprint
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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A counter-revisionist examination of John F Kennedy and his administration. Promises Kept presents a policy history of major domestic legislature efforts bnetween 1961 and 1963. Irving Berstein focuses on administrative and congressional progress under Kennedy in civil rights, education, taxes, unemployment, Medicare and the Peace Corps. He persuasively argues that Kennedy was indeed 'a very successful President, that the revisionists are dead wrong'. He contends that many of Kennedy's campaign promises were well on their way to being enacted by the third year of his first term, even after his first two years dealing with the transition of a society from conservative to liberal. Berstein also declares that many of Kennedy's objectives that were later achieved by Lyndon Johnson would have been brought to fruition by Kennedy himself had he not been assassinated. He supports this argument by tracing Kennedy's selection of advisers and directors on each issue, piecing together his overall decision-making process through original written sources and previously published works, and calculating the probability that the policy would have been successfully implemented.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195122895
ISBN-13
9780195122893
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177855
Product Key Features
Book Title
Why History Matters : Life and Thought
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Historiography, Women's Studies
Publication Year
1998
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
12 Oz
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Reprint
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"There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerners] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos, The New York Times Book Review "The peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for....Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority....Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catharine R. Stimpson, The Nation "An important, insightful, easy-to-read collection"--Booklist "This moving collection of essays is testimony--if more were needed--to the breadth of Gerda Lerner's spirit and her humane wisdom."--Linda k. Kerber, co-editor of U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays "Gerda Lerner brings us to the moral Grand Divides of history, then quietly explains where she sees humankind having been, and where, with rational unity, we might yet go. I was fascinated reading Professor Lerner's account of her own disciplined struggle not to hate Germans today for the genocide of European Jewry. She makes it very clear the process is important and on-going."--Alan Adelson, Executive Director, The Jewish Heritage Project "With her customary brilliance and clarity, Gerda Lerner offers us her own story and in the process explains how history happens, is interpreted, utilized, transmuted into meaning and memory, and denied and distorted by those with the power to do so. This book is a gift to all who hope to understand the role of the past in the present..."--Letty Cottin Pogrebin "Now more than ever, readers of history need such lucid critical minds as Lerner's, and this collection is therefore especially welcome."--Publisher's Weekly "This is food for thought for anyone who likes to ponder where we are, how we got there, and what makes transformation possible."--The Boston Globe "Why History Matters is the peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for: what kind of America, what kind of feminism, what kind of history-making, what kind of future. Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority. Each paragraph is like a stone in a well-constructed bell tower or watch-tower. Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catherine R. Stimpson, The Nation "Everything Gerda Lerner says matters....Her sensitivity and her scholarship shine in essays arguing that class, gender, and race are social constructs--damaging inventions that contemporary thought is trying to dismantle."--The New Yorker, "With her customary brilliance and clarity, Gerda Lerner offers us her own story and in the process explains how history happens, is interpreted, utilized, transmuted into meaning and memory, and denied and distorted by those with the power to do so. This book is a gift to all who hope tounderstand the role of the past in the present"--Letty Cottin Pogrebin, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerner's]every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear andunpretentious voice. In speaking thus for women and for other historicallyvoicelss legions, Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars willever match."--John Demos, he New York Times Book Review, "Now more than ever, readers of history need such lucid critical minds as Lerner's, and this collection is therefore especially welcome."--Publisher's Weekly, "Gerda Lerner brings us to the moral Grand Divides of history, then quietly explains where she sees humankind having been, and where, with rational unity, we might yet go.I was fascinated reading Professor Lerner's account of her own disciplined struggle not to hate Germans today for thegenocide of European Jewry. She makes it very clear the process is important and on-going."--Alan Adelson, Executive Director, The Jewish Heritage Project, "Why History Matters is the peace-seeking warrior's summation of what isworth fighting for: what kind of America, what kind of feminism, what kind ofhistory-making, what kind of future. Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, andwith authority. Each paragraph is like a stone in a well-constructed bell toweror watch-tower. Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, tobring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeterpowers."--Catherine R. Stimpson, The Nation, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerners] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos, The New York Times Book Review"The peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for....Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority....Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catharine R. Stimpson, The Nation"An important, insightful, easy-to-read collection"--Booklist"This moving collection of essays is testimony--if more were needed--to the breadth of Gerda Lerner's spirit and her humane wisdom."--Linda k. Kerber, co-editor of U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays"Gerda Lerner brings us to the moral Grand Divides of history, then quietly explains where she sees humankind having been, and where, with rational unity, we might yet go. I was fascinated reading Professor Lerner's account of her own disciplined struggle not to hate Germans today for the genocide of European Jewry. She makes it very clear the process is important and on-going."--Alan Adelson, Executive Director, The Jewish Heritage Project"With her customary brilliance and clarity, Gerda Lerner offers us her own story and in the process explains how history happens, is interpreted, utilized, transmuted into meaning and memory, and denied and distorted by those with the power to do so. This book is a gift to all who hope to understand the role of the past in the present..."--Letty Cottin Pogrebin"Now more than ever, readers of history need such lucid critical minds as Lerner's, and this collection is therefore especially welcome."--Publisher's Weekly"This is food for thought for anyone who likes to ponder where we are, how we got there, and what makes transformation possible."--The Boston Globe"Why History Matters is the peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for: what kind of America, what kind of feminism, what kind of history-making, what kind of future. Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority. Each paragraph is like a stone in a well-constructed bell tower or watch-tower. Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catherine R. Stimpson, The Nation"Everything Gerda Lerner says matters....Her sensitivity and her scholarship shine in essays arguing that class, gender, and race are social constructs--damaging inventions that contemporary thought is trying to dismantle."--The New Yorker, "Everything Gerda Lerner says matters.... Her sensitivity and her scholarship shine in essays arguing that class, gender, and race are social constructs--damaging inventions that contemporary thought is trying to dismantle."--The New Yorker, "Now more than ever, readers of history need such lucid critical minds asLerner's, and this collection is therefore especially welcome."--Publisher'sWeekly, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerners] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos, The New York Times Book Review "The peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for....Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority....Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catharine R. Stimpson, The Nation, "Everything Gerda Lerner says matters.... Her sensitivity and herscholarship shine in essays arguing that class, gender, and race are socialconstructs--damaging inventions that contemporary thought is trying todismantle."--The New Yorker, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerners] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos, The New York Times Book Review"The peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for....Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority....Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catharine R. Stimpson, The Nation"An important, insightful, easy-to-read collection"--Booklist"This moving collection of essays is testimony--if more were needed--to the breadth of Gerda Lerner's spirit and her humane wisdom."--Linda k. Kerber, co-editor of U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays"Gerda Lerner brings us to the moral Grand Divides of history, then quietly explains where she sees humankind having been, and where, with rational unity, we might yet go. I was fascinated reading Professor Lerner's account of her own disciplined struggle not to hate Germans today for the genocide of European Jewry. She makes it very clear the process is important and on-going."--Alan Adelson, Executive Director, The Jewish Heritage Project"With her customary brilliance and clarity, Gerda Lerner offers us her own story and in the process explains how history happens, is interpreted, utilized, transmuted into meaning and memory, and denied and distorted by those with the power to do so. This book is a gift to all who hope to understand the role of the past in the present..."--Letty Cottin Pogrebin"Now more than ever, readers of history need such lucid critical minds as Lerner's, and this collection is therefore especially welcome."--Publisher's Weekly"This is food for thought for anyone who likes to ponder where we are, how we got there, and what makes transformation possible."--The Boston Globe"Why History Matters is the peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for: what kind of America, what kind of feminism, what kind of history-making, what kind of future. Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority. Each paragraph is like a stone in a well-constructed bell tower or watch-tower. Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeterpowers."--Catherine R. Stimpson, The Nation"Everything Gerda Lerner says matters....Her sensitivity and her scholarship shine in essays arguing that class, gender, and race are social constructs--damaging inventions that contemporary thought is trying to dismantle."--The New Yorker, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerner's] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. In speaking thus for women and for other historically voiceless legions, Lerner has set a standard that few of herfellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos, he New York Times Book Review, "There can be no doubting the deep thoughtfulness that informs [Lerners] every page. And expressing this attitude is a firm, forceful, utterly clear and unpretentious voice. Lerner has set a standard that few of her fellow scholars will ever match."--John Demos,The New York Times Book Review "The peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for....Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority....Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catharine R. Stimpson,TheNation, "This is food for thought for anyone who likes to ponder where we are, how we got there, and what makes transformation possible."--The Boston Globe, "Gerda Lerner brings us to the moral Grand Divides of history, thenquietly explains where she sees humankind having been, and where, with rationalunity, we might yet go.I was fascinated reading Professor Lerner's account ofher own disciplined struggle not to hate Germans today for the genocide ofEuropean Jewry. She makes it very clear the process is important andon-going."--Alan Adelson, Executive Director, The Jewish Heritage Project, "This is food for thought for anyone who likes to ponder where we are, howwe got there, and what makes transformation possible."--The Boston Globe, "Why History Matters is the peace-seeking warrior's summation of what is worth fighting for: what kind of America, what kind of feminism, what kind of history-making, what kind of future. Lerner argues lucidly, energetically, and with authority. Each paragraph is like a stone in awell-constructed bell tower or watch-tower. Once again, her history-making rings out to urge, to cajole, to bring us our past in order to bring us to our senses and sweeter powers."--Catherine R. Stimpson, The Nation, "This moving collection of essays is testimony--if more were needed--to the breadth of Gerda Lerner's spirit and her humane wisdom."--Linda k. Kerber, co-editor of U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays, "This moving collection of essays is testimony--if more were needed--tothe breadth of Gerda Lerner's spirit and her humane wisdom."--Linda k. Kerber,co-editor of U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays, "With her customary brilliance and clarity, Gerda Lerner offers us her ownstory and in the process explains how history happens, is interpreted, utilized,transmuted into meaning and memory, and denied and distorted by those with thepower to do so. This book is a gift to all who hope to understand the role ofthe past in the present"--Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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1998
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