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Citizen Rauh : an American liberal's life in law and politics / Michael E. Parrish.
- Title
- Citizen Rauh : an American liberal's life in law and politics / Michael E. Parrish.
- Author
- Parrish, Michael E.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF373.R38 P37 2010 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- 329 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book tells the story of American lawyer Joseph L. Rauh Jr., who kept alive the ideals of New Deal liberalism and broadened those ideals to include a commitment to civil rights. His clients included Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, A. Philip Randolph, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In the post-1945 era, he fought to protect the economic interests of working-class Americans and for the unions as they struggled for legitimacy and against them when they betrayed their own members. He stood against repressive anticommunism during the 1950s and advanced the cause of racial justice in the 1960s and 1970s. He defended the constitutional vision of the Warren Court and resist the efforts of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to undo its legacy. Throughout his life, he continued to articulate a progressive vision of law and politics, ever confident that his brand of liberalism would become vital once again when the cycle of American politics took another turn.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The education of Joe Rauh: race -- The education of Joe Rauh: law and politics -- New Dealer -- "Young whippersnapper" -- Joe, Prich, and Phil -- New Dealer at war -- Liberal anticommunist -- Sympathetic associations -- Naming names -- Reuther and Randolph -- HHH, JFK, and LBJ -- A liberal in Camelot -- Freedom's party -- Vietnam and the liberal crisis -- 1968 -- Jock and the miners -- Union democracy -- Cardozo's seat -- Saving the court -- The liberal in conservative times -- Closing argument.
- ISBN
- 9780472117376 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0472117378 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010004476
- OCLC
- 505018153
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library