Search for the American right wing : an analysis of the social science record, 1955-1987 /

Search for the American right wing : an analysis of the social science record, 1955-1987 / William B. Hixson, Jr.

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This book is a creative synthesis of the published scholarly research on the contemporary American right wing from the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to the election of Ronald Reagan as President. Unlike most other syntheses, it directly engages that research by critically analyzing the major expla...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Hixson, William B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1992.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Conservatism > United States > History > 20th century.
Right and left (Political science)
Conservatism.
Politics and government.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Sources Of "McCarthyism"
  • One. The New American Right: "McCarthyism" as "Status Politics"
  • Two. Hofstadter, Viereck, Shils: "McCarthyism" and the "Populist Heritage"
  • Three. Rogin: "McCarthyism" as Midwestern Conservatism
  • Four. Beyond Rogin: "McCarthyism" as the Revenge of the "Locals"
  • Part Two. THE "RADICAL RIGHT" OF THE EARLY 1960s
  • Five. Bell and Riesman: The "Radical Right," American Society, and the Cold War
  • Six .Sociological and Psychological Profiles of Right-Wing Activists
  • Seven. Hofstadter: The "Radical Right," Fundamentalism, and the Paranoid Style
  • Part Three. THE WALLACE CONSTITUENCY
  • Eight. Southern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Place
  • Nine. Nonsouthem Support for Wallace: The Politics of Protest?
  • Ten. Wallace in Context: Reaction, Realignment, and a Society in Crisis
  • Part Four. THE "NEW RIGHT"
  • Eleven. Studies of "Profamily" Activists: "Status Politics" Revised and Revisited
  • Twelve. The Creation of the "New Right" : Organizers, Ideologues, and the Search for a Constituency
  • Thirteen. Locating the Moral Majority: The Religious Factor
  • Fourteen. The "New Right" and the 1980 Election: The Religious Factor Reconsidered
  • Part Five. THE AMERICAN RIGHT WING IN PERSPECTIVE
  • Fifteen. Two Interpretations of the Right Wing: Lipset and Rogin
  • Sixteen. Conclusion: The American Right Wing in Perspective
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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