White Protestant nation
Subtitle: the rise of the American conservative movement
By: Allan J. Lichtman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780871139849
Subjects: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century.; Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-559) and index.
Table of contents: title: The birth of the modern right, 1920-1928; title: Crying in the wilderness, 1929-1936; title: Up from the ashes, 1936-1945; title: The best and the worst years for conservatives, 1945-1952; title: Strangers in a modern republican land, 1952-1960; title: Conservatives fall, rise, and fall again, 1960-1968; title: The right rebuilds in adversity, 1969-1976; title: The Reagan revolution, 1977-1984; title: Restoring the conservative consensus, 1985-2000; title: Epilogue: a conservative implosion?