The paranoid style in American politics
Subtitle: and other essays
By: Richard Hofstadter
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Right and left (Political science); Public opinion; Politics and government; Territorial expansion
Description: Acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence--and derail--the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as "Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey" and "What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?" The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.--From publisher description of reprint.
Notes: Index: p.i-xii at end.

Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: The paranoid style in American politics; title: The pseudo-conservative revolt, 1954; title: Pseudo-conservatism revisited, 1965; title: Goldwater and pseudo-conservative politics; title: Cuba, the Philippines and manifest destiny; title: What happened to the antitrust movement?; title: Free silver and the mind of "Coin" Harvey.