The rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000 : a brief history with documents /

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Author / Creator:Story, Ronald.
Imprint:Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2008.
Description:xii, 193 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Bedford series in history and criticism
Bedford series in history and criticism.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7998847
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Other authors / contributors:Laurie, Bruce.
ISBN:0312450648
9780312450649
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-178) and index
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Introduction: The Making of a Movement
  • First Steps, 1945-1968
  • Expanding the Base, 1968-1980
  • Clean Sweep, 1980-2000
  • Part 2. The Documents
  • 1. First Steps, 1945-1968
  • 1. America Turns the Corner, July 11, 1947
  • 2. Platform of the States' Rights Democratic Party, 1948
  • 3. Lincoln Day Address, February 20, 1950
  • 4. Farewell Address to Congress, 1951
  • 5. From The Conservative Mind, 1953
  • 6. Publisher's Statement on Founding National Review, November 19, 1955
  • 7. Why the South Must Prevail, August 24, 1957
  • 8. From The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, 1959
  • 9. From The Conscience of a Conservative, 1960
  • 10. The Sharon Statement, 1960
  • 11. From Capitalism and Freedom, 1962
  • 12. Rendezvous with Destiny, October 24, 1964
  • 13. Who Is Accommodating to What? May 4, 1965
  • 2. Expanding the Base, 1968-1980
  • 14. George Wallace for President Brochure, 1968
  • 15. Two Speeches, October 20, 1969, and October 30,1969
  • 16. Defense of the Republic, April 7, 1970
  • 17. Capital Punishment, December 3, 1971
  • 18. Confidential Memorandum: Attack on American Free Enterprise System, August 23, 1971
  • 19. "You in a Heap o' Trouble, Son," March 17, 1972
  • 20. Labor Day Radio Address, 1972
  • 21. Act Before It Is Too Late, September 1974
  • 22. From Affirmative Discrimination, 1975
  • 23. The Taxfighters Are Coming! November 1975
  • 24. Interview with the Washington Star, January 18, 1976
  • 25. Common Sense and the Common Danger, 1976
  • 26. The NEA: A Washington Lobby Run Rampant, November 1978
  • 27. American Weakness, September 1979
  • 28. Building the Moral Majority, August 1979
  • 29. Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1980
  • 3. Clean Sweep, 1980-2000
  • 30. From Wealth and Poverty, 1981
  • 31. Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, March 1983
  • 32. Social Security: Continuing Crisis or Real Reform? 1983
  • 33. Resolution on Abortion, June 1984
  • 34. Report on Privatization, March 18, 1988
  • 35. Opinion on the Juvenile Death Penalty, 1988
  • 36. George Bush's Hidden Tax: The Explosion in Regulation, 1992
  • 37. Abortion Drawings, 1993
  • 38. From Dead Right, 1994
  • 39. Resolution on Homosexual Marriage, June 1996
  • 40. Middle-Class Families Need a Flat Tax, 1999
  • 41. Anti-Christ Philosophy Already Controls America and Europe, September 1999
  • 42. Nomination Acceptance Speech, 2000
  • Appendixes
  • A Chronology of the Conservative Movement (1947-2000)
  • Questions for Consideration
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index