After the Nixon and Ford administrations, liberal Democrats hoped Jimmy Carter's election in 1976 would restore the New Deal agenda in the White House. Instead, during four tumultuous years in office, Carter endorsed many of the fiscal and economic policies later espoused by his Republican successor, Ronald Reagan. But Carter also backed most New Deal social programs and, however reluctantly, pursued a traditional containment foreign policy. In this book more than a dozen eminent scholars provide a balanced overview of key elements of Carter's presidency, examining the significance of his...
After the Nixon and Ford administrations, liberal Democrats hoped Jimmy Carter's election in 1976 would restore the New Deal agenda in the White House...
Alabama has the largest industrial work force in the South. As a consequence, it also has the most significant labor movement in the region, a movement created in the face of an unusual combination of obstacles, yet, as this book shows, by the 1970s organized labor had established itself as a major economic and political force in Alabama.
Alabama has the largest industrial work force in the South. As a consequence, it also has the most significant labor movement in the region, a move...
