Creating conservatism : postwar words that made an American movement / Michael J. Lee ; Charlie Sharp, book design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Michael J., 1979- author.

Contributor:

Sharp, Charlie, book designer.

Series:

Rhetoric and public affairs series.

Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creating Conservatism charts the vital role of canonical post-World War II (1945-1964) books in generating, guiding, and sustaining conservatism as a political force in the United States. Dedicated conservatives have argued for decades that the conservative movement was a product of print, rather than a march, a protest, or a pivotal moment of persecution. The Road to Serfdom, Ideas Have Consequences, Witness, The Conservative Mind, God and Man at Yale, The Conscience of a Conservative, and other mid-century texts became influential not only among conservative office-holders, office-seekers,

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue. The Old Argument Comes Full Circle; Chapter One. The Conservative Canon and Its Uses; Chapter Two. The Traditionalist Dialect; Chapter Three. The Libertarian Dialect; Chapter Four. Fusionism as Philosophy and Rhetorical Practice; Chapter Five. WFB; Chapter Six. Whittaker Chambers's Martyrdom; Chapter Seven. Conservatism and Canonicity; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62895-002-1

1-60917-414-3

OCLC:

882233150