Our Country The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan torrent

Category: Libertarian, Misc. Non-fiction, Political
Language: EnglishKeywords: Non-fiction History 20th Century American Conservative

Written by Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan
Read by William Lavelle
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Unabridged

Our Country

Written by: Michael Barone
Narrated by: William Lavelle
Length: 39 hrs and 58 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:01-01-92
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Publisher’s Summary

In this rare, sweeping history, Michael Barone draws from deep within the political and social record of modern America, from election returns, political polls, news reports, census extracts, and statistical abstracts, to tell the story of how the country of our parents and of our grandparents became our country.

Barone’s account of the rise of the prosperous and powerful nation which we know today points out that the single most significant issue to dominate American politics in this century is that of who really is an American. Gone are the vaunted battles over the distribution of wealth and income. In their place are the powerfully rooted political battles fought between America’s cultural poles: its racial and ethnic groups, its urban liberals and small town conservatives, its state’s rightists and centrists, and ultimately also between advocates of culturally diverse positions and lifestyles.

Besides his extensive knowledge of the historical record, his portrayal of individual participants, from FDR and Ronald Reagan through labor leader John L. Sullivan and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, adds color and dimension to the narrative as it moves into contemporary times.

©1990 Michael Barone; (P)1992 Blackstone Audiobooks

What the Critics Say

“Political junkies will feast.” (Library Journal)