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A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces thatshaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civilrights movement and the mediaBetween November 1963, when he becamepresident, and November 1966, when his party wasrouted in the midterm elections, Lyndon Johnsonspearheaded the most transformative agenda inAmerican political history since the New Deal,one whose ambition and achievement have had noparallel since. In just three years, Johnson drovethe passage of the Civil Rights and Voting RightsActs the War on Poverty program Medicareand Medicaid the National Endowments for theArts and the Humanities Public Broadcastingimmigration liberalization a raft of consumer andenvironmental protection acts and major federalinvestments in public transportation.



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Julian E. Zelizer

Julian E. Zelizer is Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of numerous books on U.S. political history and a well-known commentator in the media.



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