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The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick

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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
Work
Publication
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
Instance
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
Creator
Subject
Genre
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
  • 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
Instantiates
Publication
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
Publication
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

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