White Protestant nation : the rise of the American conservative movement / Allan J. Lichtman.
"Allen J. Lichtman is both a professor of political history and a veteran journalist, and he has spent the past ten years combing through more than 150 manuscript collections - confidential memos, internal strategy papers, secret correspondence, and much more - to capture the entire tapestry an...
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| Language: | English |
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New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] :
Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "Allen J. Lichtman is both a professor of political history and a veteran journalist, and he has spent the past ten years combing through more than 150 manuscript collections - confidential memos, internal strategy papers, secret correspondence, and much more - to capture the entire tapestry and trajectory of the conservative movement. He brings to life a gallery of dynamic right-wing personalities, from luminaries such as Strom Thurmond, Billy Graham, Phyllis Schlafly, William F. Buckley Jr., and Bill Kristol to indispensable inside operators like financiers Frank Gannett, J. Howard Pew; and Richard Mellon Scaife. He explodes the conventional wisdom that modern conservative politics began with Goldwater and instead traces the roots of today's movement to the 1920s. He shows how modern conservatism was born out of post-World War I fears that secular, pluralistic, and cosmopolitan forces threatened America's national identity. And he lays bare the tactics that conservatives have used for generations to put their slant on policy and culture."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 598 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-559) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780871139849 : 0871139847 : |