The Achievement of American Liberalism
The New Deal and Its Legacies

Alan Brinkley, Melvin Urofsky, Harvard Sitkoff, and other leading scholars explore the liberal tradition in American politics, culture, and social relations.

Richard Polenberg situates Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in a tradition of liberal thought. And Melvin Urosfsky shows how the Roosevelt Court set the legal dimensions within which the debate about the meaning of liberalism would be conducted for decades. Other subjects include the effect of the Holocaust on relations between American Jews and African Americans; the limiting effects of racial and gender attitudes on the potential for meaningful reform; and the lasting repercussions of the tumultuous 1960s. Provocative, illuminating and sure to raise questions for future study, The Achievement of American Liberalism testifies to a vibrant and vital field of inquiry.

Introduction, by William H. Chafe1. The New Deal Experiments, by Alan Brinkley2. High Tide: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Democratic Party, 1932-1952, by Alonzo L. Hamby3. The Roosevelt Court, by Melvin I. Urofsky4. Voting Against the Hammer and Sickle: Communism as an Issue in American Politics, by Richard M. Fried5. The Ethical Responsibilities of the Scientist: The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Richard Polenberg6. Race in America: The Ultimate Test of Liberalism, by William H. Chafe7. African Americans American Jews, and the Holocaust, by Harvard Sitkoff8. Race Rock and Roll, and the Rigged Society: The Payola Scandal and the Political Culture of the 1950s, by Steven F. Lawson9. "A Revolution But Half Accomplished": The Twentieth Century's Engagement with Child-Raising, Women's Work, and Feminism, by Cynthia Harrison10. Race, Class, and Gender in Southern History: Forces That Unite, Forces That Divide,, by William H. Chafe11. Liberalism After the Sixties: A Reconnaissance, by Otis L. Graham Jr