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The Gifted Generation

Audiobook
Nonfiction
Unabridged   23.25 hour(s)
Publication date: 11/30/2017

The Gifted Generation

When Government Was Good

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Audio CD ISBN:9781681689586
Digital Download ISBN:9781681689593

Summary

A sweeping and path-breaking history of the post–World War II decades, during which an activist federal government guided the country toward the first real flowering of the American Dream.

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A sweeping and path-breaking history of the post–World War II decades, during which an activist federal government guided the country toward the first real flowering of the American Dream

In The Gifted Generation, historian David Goldfield examines the generation immediately after World War II and argues that the federal government was instrumental in the great economic, social, and environmental progress of the era. Following the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation, the returning vets and their children took the unprecedented economic growth and federal activism to new heights. This generation was led by presidents who believed in the commonwealth ideal: the belief that federal legislation, by encouraging individual opportunity, would result in the betterment of the entire nation. In the years after the war, these presidents created an outpouring of federal legislation that changed how and where people lived, their access to higher education, and their stewardship of the environment. They also spearheaded historic efforts to level the playing field for minorities, women, and immigrants. But this dynamic did not last, and Goldfield shows how the shrinking of the federal government shut subsequent generations off from those gifts.

Reviews/Praise

“Read by Mike Chamberlain, whose voice holds the ability to nicely capture historian David Goldfield's consideration of the generation following World War II and the federal government's involvement in assuring their lives were good.” —Donovan’s Literary Services

"An American history that serves as a heartfelt plea for a revival of socially responsible leadership." —Kirkus

"The book’s strengths are its measured tone, lively prose, and comprehensive coverage." —Publishers Weekly

"A sparkling, sweeping and deeply engaging account of an era 'when government was good' because so many Americans recognized the good that it did." —E.J. Dionne Jr, author of Our Divided Political Heart

"A clearly argued, richly detailed, and provocative book." —Stephanie Coontz, author of The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap

Author Bio

David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the lead author of the cornerstone textbook The American Journey, now in its seventh edition, and is the author of many works on Southern history, including Still Fighting the Civil War; Black, White, and Southern; and America Aflame. He lives in North Carolina.