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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 79| Main Title | Barack Obama : this improbable quest / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Wilson, John K., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Paradigm, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2009 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 174112694 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781594514760; 1594514763 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | African Americans--Public opinion ; Racially mixed people--United States--Public opinion ; Presidential candidates--United States ; Presidents--United States--Election--2008 ; United States--Politics and government--2001-2009 ; United States--Race relations--Political aspects ; Public opinion--United States ; Presidents--Election | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Obama, Barack ; Obama, Barack--Public opinion ; Obama, Barack--1961- | |||||||||||
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| Collation | vi, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-199) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Generation Obama : the youth movement for Barack -- Are you experienced? : Obama and the media -- Race and the president : is Obama Black enough? -- The vast right-wing conspiracy : the conservative attack on Obama -- Why leftists hate a liberal : the far left attacks on Obama -- "This is my house, too" : Obama and the liberal God -- From quest to reality : politics and policy in an Obama administration -- Conclusion : Obama's hopes and dreams. Explores the ideas that Illinois senator Barack Obama has about race, religion, and politics and discusses how he has been received as a presidential candidate by the far right, the far left, the media, and everyday Americans. |