Left in the center : the Liberal Party of New York and the rise and fall of American social democracy / Daniel Soyer.

Daniel Soyer's history of the Liberal Party of New York State, 'Left in the Center', shows the surprising relationship between Democratic Socialism and mainstream American politics. Beginning in 1944 and lasting until 2002, the Liberal Party offered voters an ideological seal of appro...

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Online Access: Full Text (via University Press Scholarship Online)
Main Author: Soyer, Daniel (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Cornell scholarship online.
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