The Inheritance: How Three Families and America Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond - Hardcover

Freedman, Samuel G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684811162 ISBN 13: 9780684811161

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1996

Synopsis

A saga covering more than eighty years of American history investigates how three obscure immigrant families made and unmade the Democratic majority and how their grandchildren eventually ended up as ardent Republicans. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

Review:

Samuel G. Freedman traces the story of three families to show how America moved from supporting New Deal policies to cheering the end of big government. It's an effective vehicle that brings a real-life, personal look to a generational sweep of American politics. The families started out as hard-working immigrants--one Irish, one Italian, one Polish--and became, by the third generation, professionals active in conservative politics. How does a family make the transformation from one that couldn't have survived the Great Depression without the W.P.A. or bought a house without the G.I. Bill to one that has turned against welfare? Read this fascinating account and find out.

About the Author:

Samuel G. Freedman is a professor of journalism at Columbia University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684811162
• ISBN 13: 9780684811161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464