# The Cause

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- Book: [The Cause](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-alterman/the-cause) ([The Cause.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-alterman/the-cause.md))
- Authors: [Eric Alterman](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-alterman)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4312-164-0
- Pages: 576
- Published: 2013-05-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A major history of American liberalism and the key personalities behind the movementWhy is it that nearly every liberal initiative since the end of the New Deal—whether busing, urban development,...