Suburban Warriors : The Origins of the New American Right - Updated Edition /

In the early 1960s, American conservatives seemed to have fallen on hard times. McCarthyism was on the run, and movements on the political left were grabbing headlines. The media lampooned John Birchers's accusations that Dwight Eisenhower was a communist puppet. Mainstream America snickered at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGirr, Lisa, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Right and left (Political science)
Politics and government.
Conservatism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Conservatisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Right and left (Political science) > History > 20th century.
Conservatism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the early 1960s, American conservatives seemed to have fallen on hard times. McCarthyism was on the run, and movements on the political left were grabbing headlines. The media lampooned John Birchers's accusations that Dwight Eisenhower was a communist puppet. Mainstream America snickered at warnings by California Congressman James B. Utt that ""barefooted Africans"" were training in Georgia to help the United Nations take over the country. Yet, in Utt's home district of Orange County, thousands of middle-class suburbanites proceeded to organize a powerful conservative movement that would.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (432 pages): illustrations, maps.
ISBN:9781400866205

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