To the Right: The Transformation of American ConservatismIn this timely book, Jerome Himmelstein offers a new interpretation of the growth of conservatism in American politics. Tracing the New Right of the 1970s and 1980s back to the Old Right of the 1950s, Himmelstein provides an interpretive map of the political landscape over the past decades, showing how conservatives ascended to power by reconstructing their ideology and building an independent movement. |
Contents
Revolution and Delayed Reaction | 13 |
Reconstructing an Ideology | 28 |
Old Right and New | 63 |
The Rise of the New Religious Right | 97 |
The Mobilization of Corporate Conservatism | 129 |
Gains without | 165 |
American Conservatism in the Bush Years | 199 |
Notes | 213 |
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To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism Jerome L. Himmelstein Limited preview - 1990 |
To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism Jerome L. Himmelstein Limited preview - 1990 |
To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism Jerome L. Himmelstein Limited preview - 2023 |
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