Richard Nixon and the quest for a new majority / Robert Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Robert, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Conservatism.

United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

United States.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Political and social views.

Nixon, Richard M.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years historians have paid substantial attention to the origins of modern political conservatism and the record of the Nixon administration in building a Republican majority in the late twentieth century. In Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority, Robert Mason analyzes Nixon's response to the developing conservative climate and challenges revisionist claims about the activist nature of the Nixon administration. Nixon was an activist in intent, Mason contends, but not in deed. Nixon's ""silent majority"" speech of 1969 not only undermined the growth of the antiwar...

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE. THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS: The Republican Quest for a Majority in the 1960's; TWO. MIDDLE AMERICA AND THE SILENT MAJORITY: Issues, 1969-1970; THREE. THERE'S A REALIGNMENT GOING ON: The Redefinition of the Republican Party, 1970; FOUR. THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Issues, 1970-1972; FIVE. PRESIDENT NIXON FOR PRESIDENT: The Rejection of the Republican Party, 1972; SIX. FROM NIXON TO REAGAN: The End of the Quest for a New Majority, 1972-1976; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872814

9780807875926

0807875929

OCLC:

476237077