{"product_id":"running-steel-running-america-race-economic-policy-and-the-decline-of-liberalism-paperback","title":"Running Steel, Running America: Race, Economic Policy, and the Decline of Liberalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of modern liberalism has been hotly debated in\u003cbr\u003econtemporary politics and the academy. Here, Judith Stein uses\u003cbr\u003ethe steel industry--long considered fundamental to the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eeconomy--to examine liberal policies and priorities after World\u003cbr\u003eWar II. In a provocative revision of postwar American history, \u003cbr\u003eshe argues that it was the primacy of foreign commitments and the\u003cbr\u003eoutdated economic policies of the state, more than the nation's\u003cbr\u003eracial conflicts, that transformed American liberalism from the\u003cbr\u003epowerful progressivism of the New Deal to the feeble policies of\u003cbr\u003ethe 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e Stein skillfully integrates a number of narratives usually\u003cbr\u003etreated in isolation--labor, civil rights, politics, business, \u003cbr\u003eand foreign policy--while underscoring the state's focus on the\u003cbr\u003esteel industry and its workers. By showing how those who\u003cbr\u003eintervened in the industry treated such economic issues as free\u003cbr\u003etrade and the globalization of steel production in isolation from\u003cbr\u003ethe social issues of the day--most notably civil rights and the\u003cbr\u003eimplementation of affirmative action--Stein advances a larger\u003cbr\u003eargument about postwar liberalism. Liberal attempts to address\u003cbr\u003esocial inequalities without reference to the fundamental and\u003cbr\u003echanging workings of the economy, she says, have led to the\u003cbr\u003efoundering of the New Deal state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the steel industry to examine liberal policies and priorities after World War II, Stein shows that economic policy--not racial conflict--led to the feeble liberalism of the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.23 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44272726835302,"sku":"9780807847275","price":91.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eFg1U2k5blBuRXJXU1NGTktJVWJMZz09.webp?v=1766342484","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/running-steel-running-america-race-economic-policy-and-the-decline-of-liberalism-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}