{"product_id":"the-great-exception-the-new-deal-and-the-limits-of-american-politics-9780691175737","title":"The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the New Deal was a unique historical moment and what this reveals about U.S. politics, economics, and culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere does the New Deal fit in the big picture of American history? What does it mean for us today? What happened to the economic equality it once engendered? In \u003ci\u003eThe Great Exception\u003c\/i\u003e, Jefferson Cowie provides new answers to these important questions. In the period between the Great Depression and the 1970s, he argues, the United States government achieved a unique level of equality, using its considerable resources on behalf of working Americans in ways that it had not before and has not since. If there is to be a comparable battle for collective economic rights today, Cowie argues, it needs to build on an understanding of the unique political foundation for the New Deal. Anyone who wants to come to terms with the politics of inequality in the United States will need to read \u003ci\u003eThe Great Exception\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJefferson Cowie\u003c\/b\u003e is the James G. Stahlman Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has also appeared in such publications as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669160857874,"sku":"9780691175737","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f8cdfb8-fb3b-48df-bb06-32631497f28e.jpg?v=1733756246","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-exception-the-new-deal-and-the-limits-of-american-politics-9780691175737","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}