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Patterson's Umbrella: Does It Keep Us Too Dry?

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PattersonJames T., Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Ira Katznelson
Affiliation:
Columbia University

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