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Reaganland : America's right turn, 1976-1980
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Reaganland : America's right turn, 1976-1980
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
ix, 1107 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary:
Connects the activities and influence of today's conservative movements to a deliberate shift toward right-wing policies that began during the Carter administration and led to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Contents:
"Nibbled to death by ducks" -- "What is an Orrin Hatch?" -- "Hi, Jimmy!" -- Iceberg -- Human rights -- "Little hot squat" -- Lancegate -- "The moral womanly woman is alvie and well in Mississippi" -- "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" -- Boardroom Jacobins -- "hang Sen. Dick Clark on a telephone pole" -- In which the president of the United States is said to have nearly killed an Indian -- Capital gains -- No one shoots Santa Claus -- "The white, American middle class plus blacks who want the same thing" -- "High and dry" -- Almight politics -- Election season -- Basements -- Conventional wisdom -- Superman -- Christian soldiers -- The "front runner" -- Energy -- To the mountaintop -- "Refusing to fan the flames of moderation" -- "Do you ever feel that we might be the generation that sees armageddon?" -- Shocks -- Kickoffs -- Patriotisms -- "The imam does not often respond" -- "Do you believe in miracles?" -- "Jimmy's depression is gonna be worse than Herbert's" -- "Feed your faith and starve your doubts!" -- Conventions -- "Meanness" -- "A shabby business" -- "Carter is smarter than Reagan".
Publication Info:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Subject:
Conservatism -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981
United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Reagan, Ronald
Carter, James Earl, Jr., 1924-
Carter, Hot, 1924-
Kārtir, 1924-
Kʻa-tʻe, 1924-
Kartŭr, 1924-
Kʻatʻŏ, Chimi, 1924-
Kʻatʻŏ, Jimi, 1924-
Kʻa-tʻe, Chi-mi, 1924-
Kartėr, Dz͡hymi, 1924-
Reagan, Ronald W. (Ronald Wilson), 1911-2004
Reagan, Ronald Wilson, 1911-2004
Rīkǣn, Rōnan, 1911-2004
Reĭgan, R., 1911-2004
Reagan, Ronnie, 1911-2004
Reĭgan, Ronalʹd Uilson, 1911-2004
Reĭgŭn, Ronald, 1911-2004
Rījān, Rūnāld, 1911-2004
Rayjān, Rūnāld, 1911-2004
Reigŏn, Ronaldŭ, 1911-2004
Lieh-ken, 1911-2004
Lei-ken, 1911-2004
Conservativism
Neo-conservatism
New Right
Right (Political science)
SAILS ISBN:
9781476793054