Cowie, Jefferson.

The great exception : the New Deal and the limits of American politics / Jefferson Cowie. - Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2016] - viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Politics and society in twentieth-century America .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.

Introduction: rethinking the New Deal in American history -- The question of democracy in the age of incorporation -- Kaleidoscope of reform -- Working-class interregnum -- Constraints and fractures in the new liberalism -- The great exception in action -- Toward a new gilded age -- The era of big government is not over (but the New Deal probably is).

9780691143804 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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New Deal, 1933-1939.
Liberalism--History--United States--20th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
Nuevo orden--1933-1939.


United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1933-1945.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--1945-1989.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XX.

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