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The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream

Title
  1. The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream / Barack Obama.
Published by
  1. New York : Crown Publishers, [2006]
  2. ©2006
Format
  1. Book/text
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Obama, Barack

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Description
  1. 375 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.
Subject
  1. Obama, Barack.
  2. Obama, Barack -- Philosophy.
  3. Obama, Barack.
  4. United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
  5. United States. Congress. Senate.
  6. 2001-2009
  7. Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
  8. African American legislators -- Biography.
  9. National characteristics, American.
  10. Ideals (Philosophy)
  11. African American legislators.
  12. Ideals (Philosophy)
  13. Legislators.
  14. National characteristics, American.
  15. Philosophy.
  16. Politics and government.
  17. United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
  18. United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
  19. United States.
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiographies.
  2. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Opportunity -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Family.
Call number
  1. Sc E 06-1303
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. Includes index.
Author
  1. Obama, Barack, author.
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Creator/contributor characteristics
  1. African Americans
  2. Americans
LCCN
  1. 2006028967
Other standard identifier
  1. 9780307237699
ISBN
  1. 0307237699
  2. 9780307237699
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