Right star rising
Subtitle: a new politics, 1974-1980
By: Laura Kalman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780393076387
Subjects: Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977; United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981
Description: Tells the history of the Ford-Carter years, discusses the relevance of the period's politics on today's issues, and explains its shaping of the current political environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The end of the sixties; title: The nightmare continues; title: The poverty of power; title: Between public and private : family matters; title: The fading of America; title: Moderation and its discontents; title: The death of d'tente; title: Intangibles; title: From busing to Bakke; title: Limits; title: Ready for the eighties : mobilization on the right; title: The market as magnet; title: Gender, God, and government; title: Return to the Cold War : the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East; title: To the mountaintop and back.