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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- 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."--from publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. 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
-
- truePolitics and global affairs -- Political figures
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- truePresidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- trueCommunity organizers
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Obama, Barack
- trueDemocrats
- trueObama, Barack
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- trueDemocratic Party
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- African American politicians -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- trueAfrican American politicians -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueBiographies
- truePoliticians -- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- African American legislators -- Illinois -- Biography
- trueMultiracial persons -- Biography
- 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."--from publisher description
- Summary
- Examines the experiences of Barack Obama's life and explores the ambition behind his rise to the presidency, from his relationship with his parents to how social and racial tensions influenced his philosophy
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 352998
- 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/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Obama, Barack
- Presidents
- Presidential candidates
- United States
- African American politicians
- African American legislators
- Illinois
- Legislators
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life and rise of Barack Obama
- Label
- The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. 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
- 16639494
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400043606
- Lccn
- 2010922697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn535489981
- (OCoLC)535489981
- Label
- The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama, David Remnick
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. 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
- 16639494
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 656 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400043606
- Lccn
- 2010922697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn535489981
- (OCoLC)535489981
Subject
- African American legislators -- Illinois -- Biography
- trueAfrican American politicians -- Biography
- African American politicians -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueCommunity organizers
- trueDemocratic Party
- trueDemocrats
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueMultiracial persons -- Biography
- Obama, Barack
- trueObama, Barack
- truePoliticians -- United States -- Biography
- truePolitics and global affairs -- Political figures
- Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography
- truePresidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- trueUnited States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
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