The right side of the sixties : reexamining conservatism's decade of transformation / edited by Laura Jane Gifford and Daniel K. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gifford, Laura Jane.

Williams, Daniel K.

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"This volume offers a new perspective on American conservatism in the 1960s and the way in which the changes of the decade shaped the development of American politics for the next half-century. Historians have increasingly begun to view the sixties as a decade of conservatism, and a spate of landmark books in the field have traced the careers of Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George Wallace. Much, however, is still unknown about the growth of the conservative movement during this decade. In their effort to chronicle the national politicians and organizations that led the movement, previous histories of conservatism neglected to examine lesser-known developments--local perspectives, the role of religion, transnational dimensions--that help to give clues to conservatism's enduring influence in American politics. The contributions here provide a synthesis of cutting-edge scholarship that addresses those overlooked developments and offers new insights into the way that the 1960s shaped the trajectory and contributed to the political power of postwar conservatism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The Politics of Race

1 Courting Conservatism: White Resistance and the Ideology of Race in the 1960s / Stephanie R. Rolph Rolph, Stephanie R. 21

2 "Inequality for All and Mint Juleps, Too": White Social Sororities and "Freedom of Association" in the United States / Margaret L. Freeman Freeman, Margaret L. 41

3 "Build, Baby, Build": Conservative Black Nationalists, Free Enterprise, and the Nixon Administration / Joshua D. Farrington Farrington, Joshua D. 61

Part 2 Shaping Conservative Ideology

4 Fellow Travelers: Overlap between "Mainstream" and "Extremist" Conservatives in the Early 1960s / Samuel Brenner Brenner, Samuel 83

5 From Without to Within the Movement: Consolidating the Conservative Think Tank in the "Long Sixties" / Jason Stahl Stahl, Jason 101

Part 3 God and Country

6 The Righteousness of Difference: Orthodox Jews and the Establishment Clause, 1965-71 / Robert Daniel Rubin Rubin, Robert Daniel 121

7 Richard Nixon's Religious Right: Catholics, Evangelicals, and the Creation of an Antisecular Alliance / Daniel K. Williams Williams, Daniel K. 141

Part 4 The International Arena

8 "Girded with a Moral and Spiritual Revival": The Christian Anti-Communism Crusade and Conservative Politics / Laura Jane Gifford Gifford, Laura Jane 161

9 Disarming the Devil: The Conservative Campaign against a Nuclear Détente in the 1960s / Michael Brenes Brenes, Michael 181

10 Defending Freedom in Vietnam: A Conservative Dilemma / Seth Offenbach Offenbach, Seth 201

11 Evangelical Internationalism: A Conservative Worldview for the Age of Globalization / Andrew Preston Preston, Andrew 221

Part 5 The Conservative Triumph in the GOP

12 Spiro T. Agnew: The Decline of Moderates and Rise of the Republican Right / Justin P. Coffey Coffey, Justin P. 243.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

1137014784

9781137014788

OCLC:

769987249

Publisher Number:

99949632998