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- catalog abstract ""With authority, wit and the perspective of reason, the author [John P. Roche] documents the extraordinary advances since 1913 in the the attitudes of the law, the Federal government, and -- most vitally -- the public itself toward the rights and basic liberties of minority and nonconformist groups within the United States. He illustrates the revolution brought about by the urbanization of American society, the "Walpurgis Night" of World War I and its aftermath, and the new dawn of hope that rose with the New Deal. He describes the roles of the Anti-Defamation League, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP, and the Supreme Court, among other groups, in advancing struggle against the Ku Klux Klan, the "Palmerites" and the "Yakoos," the entrenched trusts, the Huey Longs, and Father Coughlins, the white supremacists, the Bund, and MCCarthyism. On the debit side of the ledger, Mr. Roche deals frankly withe the hysterical evacuation and internment during World War II of West Coast Japanese Americans." -- Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b1784994.
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog created "[1963]".
- catalog date "1963".
- catalog date "[1963]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1963]".
- catalog description ""With authority, wit and the perspective of reason, the author [John P. Roche] documents the extraordinary advances since 1913 in the the attitudes of the law, the Federal government, and -- most vitally -- the public itself toward the rights and basic liberties of minority and nonconformist groups within the United States. He illustrates the revolution brought about by the urbanization of American society, the "Walpurgis Night" of World War I and its aftermath, and the new dawn of hope that rose with the New Deal.".
- catalog description "Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 271-290)".
- catalog description "He describes the roles of the Anti-Defamation League, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP, and the Supreme Court, among other groups, in advancing struggle against the Ku Klux Klan, the "Palmerites" and the "Yakoos," the entrenched trusts, the Huey Longs, and Father Coughlins, the white supremacists, the Bund, and MCCarthyism. On the debit side of the ledger, Mr. Roche deals frankly withe the hysterical evacuation and internment during World War II of West Coast Japanese Americans." -- Book Jacket.".
- catalog description "Preface -- The dawn of an epoch -- Walfurges Night, the "Great War" -- The Red hunt -- Tribal and religious wars (1914-1927) -- The years of the locust -- The New Deal: the years of reconciliation-- The decline and fall of the Yahoos (19133-1941) -- The "good war" -- Communism and internal insecurity -- The struggle for full equality -- The past and the future.".
- catalog extent "xii, 308 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Quest for the dream.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Quest for the dream.".
- catalog issued "1963".
- catalog issued "[1963]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Macmillan".
- catalog relation "Quest for the dream.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "323.40973".
- catalog subject "Civil rights United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights United States.".
- catalog subject "E184.A1 R6".
- catalog subject "Minorities United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Minorities United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- The dawn of an epoch -- Walfurges Night, the "Great War" -- The Red hunt -- Tribal and religious wars (1914-1927) -- The years of the locust -- The New Deal: the years of reconciliation-- The decline and fall of the Yahoos (19133-1941) -- The "good war" -- Communism and internal insecurity -- The struggle for full equality -- The past and the future.".
- catalog title "The quest for the dream; the development of civil rights and human relations in modern America.".
- catalog type "text".