Debating the American conservative movement : 1945 to the present / Donald T. Critchlow and Nancy MacLean.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Debating twentieth-century AmericaPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Description: viii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780742548237
  • 0742548236
  • 9780742548244
  • 0742548244
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Debating the American conservative movement.DDC classification:
  • 320.520973 22
LOC classification:
  • JC573.2.U6 C748 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
[Part I.] The conservative ascendancy / Donald T. Critchlow. Documents; Conservatives debate the cold war: Excerpt from "Conservatism and the National Review: criticism and reply" / Ronald Hamowy and William F. Buckley, Jr. -- Young conservatives organize: The Sharon Statement -- A conservative speaks in favor of civil rights / Senator Everett Dirksen -- A conservative opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Senator Barry Goldwater -- The cold war and the arms race: excerpt from Memorandum to Donald Rumsfeld / from Paul H. Nitze -- Conservative values: "Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of the Evangelicals" / Ronald Reagan -- "Creators of the Future" / Ronald Reagan -- Conservatives on religious freedom: "Religious Liberty" / Mitt Romney -- [Part II.] Guardians of Privilege / Nancy Maclean. Documents; "What is Conservatism?" / Frank Meyer -- "I Sense Here a Realignment of Southern Conservative Democrats" / Barry Goldwater -- "Integration is Communication" / Richard M. Weaver -- "Our Position on States' Rights Is the Same as Your Own": letters from William F. Buckley, Jr. to W.J. Simmons; Letter from W.J. Simmons to J.P. McFadden -- "King Was a Collectivist" / Young Americans for Freedom -- "Linda's Crusade" / William F. Buckley, Jr. -- "What's Wrong with 'Equal Rights' for Women?" / Phyllis Schlafly -- Jefferson Davis's Descendents ... Are becoming Involved with the Republican Party": Southern Partisan interview with Trent Lott -- "An Open Letter to the Christian Coalition" / Elizabeth Birch.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.

[Part I.] The conservative ascendancy / Donald T. Critchlow. Documents; Conservatives debate the cold war: Excerpt from "Conservatism and the National Review: criticism and reply" / Ronald Hamowy and William F. Buckley, Jr. -- Young conservatives organize: The Sharon Statement -- A conservative speaks in favor of civil rights / Senator Everett Dirksen -- A conservative opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Senator Barry Goldwater -- The cold war and the arms race: excerpt from Memorandum to Donald Rumsfeld / from Paul H. Nitze -- Conservative values: "Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of the Evangelicals" / Ronald Reagan -- "Creators of the Future" / Ronald Reagan -- Conservatives on religious freedom: "Religious Liberty" / Mitt Romney -- [Part II.] Guardians of Privilege / Nancy Maclean. Documents; "What is Conservatism?" / Frank Meyer -- "I Sense Here a Realignment of Southern Conservative Democrats" / Barry Goldwater -- "Integration is Communication" / Richard M. Weaver -- "Our Position on States' Rights Is the Same as Your Own": letters from William F. Buckley, Jr. to W.J. Simmons; Letter from W.J. Simmons to J.P. McFadden -- "King Was a Collectivist" / Young Americans for Freedom -- "Linda's Crusade" / William F. Buckley, Jr. -- "What's Wrong with 'Equal Rights' for Women?" / Phyllis Schlafly -- Jefferson Davis's Descendents ... Are becoming Involved with the Republican Party": Southern Partisan interview with Trent Lott -- "An Open Letter to the Christian Coalition" / Elizabeth Birch.

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.

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