Walter Lippmann and the American Century by Ronald Steel (English) Hardcover Boo

Description: Walter Lippmann and the American Century by Ronald Steel Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) has been hailed as the greatest journalist of his age. For more than sixty years he exerted unprecedented influence on American public opinion through his writing, especially his famous newspaper column "Today and Tomorrow. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Walter Lippmann began his career as a brilliant young man at Harvardstudying under George Santayana, taking tea with William James, a radical outsider arguing socialism with anyone who would listen and he ended it in his eighties, writing passionately about the agony of rioting in the streets, war in Asia, and the collapse of a presidency. In between he lived through two world wars, and a depression that shook the foundations of American capitalism.Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) has been hailed as the greatest journalist of his age. For more than sixty years he exerted unprecedented influence on American public opinion through his writing, especially his famous newspaper column "Today and Tomorrow." Beginning with The New Republic in the halcyon days prior to Woodrow Wilson and the First World War, millions of Americans gradually came to rely on Lippmann to comprehend the vital issues of the day.In this absorbing biography, Ronald Steel meticulously documents the philosophers and politics, the friendships and quarrels, the trials and triumphs of this man who for six decades stood at the center of American political life. Lippmanns experience spanned a period when the American empire was born, matured, and began to wane, a time some have called "the American Century." No one better captured its possibilities and wrote about them so wisely and so well, no one was more the mind, the voice, and the conscience of that era than Walter Lippmann: journalist, moralist, public philosopher. Author Biography Steel, Ronald Table of Contents Prologue: The Name that Opened every Door, Part One: 1889-1931, Part Two: 1931-1974, Chronology. Details ISBN1138540358 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138540358 ISBN-13 9781138540354 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Ronald Steel Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd DEWEY B Language English AU Release Date 2017-11-01 NZ Release Date 2017-11-01 Publication Date 2017-11-01 UK Release Date 2017-11-01 Alternative 9780765804648 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 690 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159802906;

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