Title: From obstruction to moderation : the transformation of Senate conservatism, 1938-1952 /
Authors: Malsberger, John W.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press ;
Year: 2000
Subjects: United States. Voting.; Conservatism United States; United States Politics and government
Abstract: "This work examines the classic conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats in the United States Senate from 1938, when the social reforms of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal had largely been completed, to 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first Republic president in two decades. Both contemporary accounts and most scholarly analysis usually portrays this fourteen-year era as one of resurgent conservatism which posed a threat to the survival of FDR's New Deal."--Jacket.
Contents: The origins of the new conservatism -- The nation at war, 1940-1942 -- The Senate in revolt, 1943-1944 -- The new conservatism, 1945-1946 -- The new conservatism and partisan politics: the 80th Congress -- The new conservatism and the fair deal -- The new conservatism in an era of consensus -- The two conservatisms.