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The content of their character : race and Baltimore's 1999 mayoral election / Gerard Shields.
- Title
- The content of their character : race and Baltimore's 1999 mayoral election / Gerard Shields.
- Author
- Shields, Gerard.
- Publication
- Frederick, MD : Hilliard Harris Publishers, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | JS571.A2 B35 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 143 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Opportunity -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Family.
- ISBN
- 1591330904
- 9781591330905
- OCLC
- 71312726
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library