Bibliograph

Reaganland, America's right turn, 1976-1980, Rick Perlstein

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Label

Reaganland, America's right turn, 1976-1980, Rick Perlstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 921-1065) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reaganland

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Rick Perlstein

Sub title

America's right turn, 1976-1980

Summary

Connects the activities and influence of today's conservative movements to a deliberate shift toward right-wing policies that began during the Carter administration and led to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980

Table Of Contents

"Nibbled to death by ducks" -- "What is an Orrin Hatch?" -- "Hi, Jimmy!" -- Iceberg -- Human rights -- "Little hot squat" -- Lancegate -- "The moral womanly woman is alvie and well in Mississippi" -- "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" -- Boardroom Jacobins -- "hang Sen. Dick Clark on a telephone pole" -- In which the president of the United States is said to have nearly killed an Indian -- Capital gains -- No one shoots Santa Claus -- "The white, American middle class plus blacks who want the same thing" -- "High and dry" -- Almight politics -- Election season -- Basements -- Conventional wisdom -- Superman -- Christian soldiers -- The "front runner" -- Energy -- To the mountaintop -- "Refusing to fan the flames of moderation" -- "Do you ever feel that we might be the generation that sees armageddon?" -- Shocks -- Kickoffs -- Patriotisms -- "The imam does not often respond" -- "Do you believe in miracles?" -- "Jimmy's depression is gonna be worse than Herbert's" -- "Feed your faith and starve your doubts!" -- Conventions -- "Meanness" -- "A shabby business" -- "Carter is smarter than Reagan"

Target audience

adult

Contributor