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Breakthrough, The: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
by Ifill, Gwen
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg+ /vg
- ISBN 10
- 038552501X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385525015
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About This Item
Doubleday. 1st. 2009. vg+. Hardcover. ISBN:9780385525015 277 pages; contents clean; binding solid; light shelf wear to edges of dj .
Synopsis
In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power. Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation of men and women who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She offers incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama (all interviewed for this book), and also covers numerous up-and-coming figures from across the nation. Drawing on exclusive interviews with power brokers such as President Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, his son Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict, the race/ gender clash, and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history. The Breakthrough is a remarkable look at contemporary politics and an essential foundation for understanding the future of American democracy in the age of Obama.
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- The Old Library Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167316
- Title
- Breakthrough, The: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
- Author
- Ifill, Gwen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg+
- Jacket Condition
- vg
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 038552501X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385525015
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Poli Sci / Gov't / Current Affairs, History, Presidential, Black Hist/Lit, Sociology / Anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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