Children of the Silent Majority : Young Voters and the Rise of the Republican Party, 1968-1980 /

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"Our image of youth in the late 1960s is one of radical left-wing opponents of the Vietnam War who were implacably opposed to the Nixon administration. And yet Richard Nixon and the Republican Party spent a good bit of time and money cultivating the youth vote, forming a cadre of young conserva...

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Main Author: Blumenthal, Seth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Republican Party > USA
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. > Constitution. > 26th Amendment.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 20th century.
Constitution (United States)
Wahlverhalten
Wähler
Jugend
Young adults > Political activity.
Presidents > Election.
Politics and government.
Party affiliation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
Partis politiques > Adhesion > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Jeunes adultes > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1972.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1968.
Party affiliation > United States > History > 20th century.
Young adults > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1969-1974.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. New Nixon and the Youth Problem, 1968
  • 2. Law and Order
  • 3. "The Orderly Process of Change": Nixon and Youth Issues
  • 4. Nixon and New Republicans
  • 5. "Acid, Amnesty and Abortion": New Politics and George McGovern's Campaign
  • 6. YVP
  • 7. "Right On, Mr. President": Young Voters and the Politics of Image
  • 8. From Watergate to Reagan.

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