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Nixonland the rise of a president and the fracturing of America

An account of the thirth-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Perlstein, Rick, 1969-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, 2008.
Edition:	1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:	Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994. United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974. United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969. Presidents > United States > Biography.
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Summary:	An account of the thirth-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides.
Physical Description:	xiii, 881 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 831- 835) and index.
ISBN:	9780743243025 0743243021
Author Notes:	Rick Perlstein was born in Wisconsin in 1969. He writes for Lingua Franca, Slate, and The Nation, and won the national Endowment for the Humanities' most prestigious grant for independent scholars. Perlstein lives in Brooklyn, New York. (Publisher Provided)