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Suburban warriors : the origins of the new American Right / Lisa McGirr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGirr, Lisa, 1962-
- Series:
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.
- Conservatism.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- Right and left (Political science)--History--20th century.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- While introducing this country's rank-and-file conservative activists of the 1960s, McGirr chronicles Orange Country's rise from "nut country" to political vanguard. Through this history, she traces the evolution of the New Right, from a virulent anti-communist, anti-establishment fringe to a broad national movement nourished by evangelical Protestantism. 13 halftones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-377) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 0691059039
- OCLC:
- 44578931
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