In this timely book, Jerome Himmelstein offers a new interpretation of the growth of conservatism in American politics. Tracing the New Right of the 1970s and 1980s back to the Old Right of the 1950s, Himmelstein provides an interpretive map of the political landscape over the past decades, showing how conservatives ascended to power by reconstructing their ideology and building an independent movement.
To the Right The Transformation of American Conservatism
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Sociology, Social Commentary, and the Rise of the Right
Part One: Becoming a Contender
1. Historical Prologue: Revolution and Delayed Reaction
2. Reconstructing an Ideology
3. The Growth of a Movement: Old Right and New
Part Two: Taking Power
4. The Rise of the New Religious Right
5. The Mobilization of Corporate Conservatism
6. The New Republican Edge: Gains without Realignment
Epilogue: American Conservatism in the Bush Years
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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