The Resource The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
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The item The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, David Remnick demonstrates how a rootless, unaccomplished, and confused young man created himself first as a community organizer in Chicago, then as a Harvard Law School graduate, and finally as President of the United States. "By looking at Obama's political rise through the prism of our racial history, Remnick gives us the conflicting agendas of black politicians: the dilemmas of ... heroes of the civil rights movement who are forced to reassess old loyalties and understand the priorties of a new generation of African-American leaders. The Bridge revisits the American drama of race, from slavery to civil rights, and makes clear how Obama's quest is not just his own but is emblematic of a nation where destiny is defined by individuals keen to imagine a future that is different from the reality of their current lives."--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- The Joshua generation
- A complex fate
- Surface and undertow
- Nobody knows my name
- Black metropolis
- Ambition
- A narrative of ascent
- Somebody nobody sent
- Black enough
- The wilderness campaign
- Reconstruction
- A righteous wind
- A slight madness
- The sleeping giant
- In the racial funhouse
- The book of Jeremiah
- "How long? Not long"
- To the White House
- Isbn
- 9781400043606
- Label
- The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama
- Title
- The bridge
- Title remainder
- the life and rise of Barack Obama
- Statement of responsibility
- David Remnick
- Subject
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- African American legislators -- Illinois -- Biography
- African American politicians
- African American politicians -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Biographie
- Biography
- Förenta staterna -- politik och förvaltning -- 2001-2009
- Illinois
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Legislators
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- African American legislators
- Politics and government
- Presidenter -- Förenta staterna -- biografi
- Presidential candidates
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
- Since 1951
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- United States, Congress | Senate
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, David Remnick demonstrates how a rootless, unaccomplished, and confused young man created himself first as a community organizer in Chicago, then as a Harvard Law School graduate, and finally as President of the United States. "By looking at Obama's political rise through the prism of our racial history, Remnick gives us the conflicting agendas of black politicians: the dilemmas of ... heroes of the civil rights movement who are forced to reassess old loyalties and understand the priorties of a new generation of African-American leaders. The Bridge revisits the American drama of race, from slavery to civil rights, and makes clear how Obama's quest is not just his own but is emblematic of a nation where destiny is defined by individuals keen to imagine a future that is different from the reality of their current lives."--Publisher description
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Remnick, David
- Dewey number
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- 973.932092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E908
- LC item number
- .R46 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Obama, Barack
- United States
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- United States
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Presidents
- Presidential candidates
- African American politicians
- African American legislators
- Legislators
- Illinois
- United States
- African American legislators
- African American politicians
- Legislators
- Politics and government
- Presidential candidates
- Presidents
- Illinois
- Illinois
- United States
- Presidenter
- Förenta staterna
- Presidents
- Racially mixed people
- Presidents
- Racially mixed people
- Label
- The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-623) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Joshua generation -- A complex fate -- Surface and undertow -- Nobody knows my name -- Black metropolis -- Ambition -- A narrative of ascent -- Somebody nobody sent -- Black enough -- The wilderness campaign -- Reconstruction -- A righteous wind -- A slight madness -- The sleeping giant -- In the racial funhouse -- The book of Jeremiah -- "How long? Not long" -- To the White House
- Control code
- ocn535489981
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400043606
- Lccn
- 2010922697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o535489981
- (OCoLC)535489981
- Label
- The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-623) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Joshua generation -- A complex fate -- Surface and undertow -- Nobody knows my name -- Black metropolis -- Ambition -- A narrative of ascent -- Somebody nobody sent -- Black enough -- The wilderness campaign -- Reconstruction -- A righteous wind -- A slight madness -- The sleeping giant -- In the racial funhouse -- The book of Jeremiah -- "How long? Not long" -- To the White House
- Control code
- ocn535489981
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400043606
- Lccn
- 2010922697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o535489981
- (OCoLC)535489981
Subject
- African American legislators -- Illinois -- Biography
- African American politicians
- African American politicians -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Biographie
- Biography
- Förenta staterna -- politik och förvaltning -- 2001-2009
- Illinois
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Legislators
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
- African American legislators
- Politics and government
- Presidenter -- Förenta staterna -- biografi
- Presidential candidates
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
- Since 1951
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- United States, Congress | Senate
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Obama, Barack, 1961-
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