Flynn, James Robert, 1934-

Where have all the liberals gone? : Race, class, and ideals in America / James Robert Flynn. - Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Book offers an alternative to thevision of American society popularized by Harrnstein andf Murray in The Bell Curve.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-327) and indexes.

Something beautiful has vanished -- The lost boys --What Germany did that America has not --Do we want affirmative action for whites only? --Saving equality from the dustbin of history --Jefferson and social democracy --The America who would be king --William James and Leo Strauss -- The status of the good life -- Choosing to be free.

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Idealism--American.
Intelligence levels--Social aspects.
Equality--United States.
Socialism--United States.