Debating the American conservative movement
Subtitle: 1945 to the present
By: Donald T. Critchlow and Nancy MacLean.
Contributors: MacLean, Nancy
Series: Debating twentieth-century America
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780742548237; 9780742548244
Subjects: Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Description: Debating the American Conservative Movement chronicles one of the most dramatic stories of modern American political history. The authors describe how a small band of conservatives in the immediate aftermath of World War II launched a revolution that shifted American politics to the right, challenged the New Deal order, transformed the Republican Party into a voice of conservatism, and set the terms of debate in American politics as the country entered the new millennium. Historians Donald T. Critchlow and Nancy MacLean frame two opposing perspectives of how the history of conservatism in modern America can be understood, but readers are encouraged to reach their own conclusions through reading engaging primary documents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.