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Republican populist : Spiro Agnew and the origins of Donald Trump's America /

"This book examines Spiro Agnew as a politician who, under the tutelage of William Safire, Pat Buchanan, Kevin Phillips, and Richard Nixon, became a spokesman for a right-wing populism that enabled Republicans to wrest the title "the people's party," from the Democrats. Agnew pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Holden, Charles J. (Autor), Messitte, Zach P., 1968- (Autor), Podair, Jerald E., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book examines Spiro Agnew as a politician who, under the tutelage of William Safire, Pat Buchanan, Kevin Phillips, and Richard Nixon, became a spokesman for a right-wing populism that enabled Republicans to wrest the title "the people's party," from the Democrats. Agnew provides a useful point of entry to understand the ascendancy of anti-elitist, populist Republican conservatism of figures like Goldwater, Agnew, Buchanan, and Reagan, and the larger transformation of the Republican Party rooted in anti-New Deal conservatism of the 1930s"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0813943272
9780813943275