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Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years | Featuring James Traub
Manage episode 406614312 series 2537047
Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years
In this episode journalist and historian James Traub delves into the paradoxical nature of liberalism in the post war years. The continuation of New Deal social and economic reforms charactarized a society of consensus in fulfillment of democratic ideals in the Cold War years. However, the illusory impression was built on the continuiation of Jim Crow systems in the South deepening racial inequity in the rest of the country. Resistance stirred underneath consensus and the illusion of an expanding liberalism and democratic enhancement.
James Traub is an American journalist and scholar specializing in international affairs.
100 episodios
Manage episode 406614312 series 2537047
Testing American Liberalism in the Cold War Years
In this episode journalist and historian James Traub delves into the paradoxical nature of liberalism in the post war years. The continuation of New Deal social and economic reforms charactarized a society of consensus in fulfillment of democratic ideals in the Cold War years. However, the illusory impression was built on the continuiation of Jim Crow systems in the South deepening racial inequity in the rest of the country. Resistance stirred underneath consensus and the illusion of an expanding liberalism and democratic enhancement.
James Traub is an American journalist and scholar specializing in international affairs.
100 episodios
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