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Republican populist : Spiro Agnew and the origins of Donald Trump's America / Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte, and Jerald Podair.

Van Pelt Library E840.8.A34 H65 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Holden, Charles J., author.
Messitte, Zach P., 1968- author.
Podair, Jerald E., 1953- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996.
Agnew, Spiro T.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
Vice-presidents--United States--Biography.
Vice-presidents.
Right and left (Political science).
History.
Populism.
United States.
Populism--United States--History--20th century.
Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.
Conservatism.
Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
Political culture.
Right and left (Political science)--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:
viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Summary:
"This book examines Spiro Agnew as a politician who, under the tutelage of William Safire, Pat Buchanan, Kevin Phillips, and Richard Nixon, became a spokesman for a right-wing populism that enabled Republicans to wrest the title "the people's party," from the Democrats. Agnew provides a useful point of entry to understand the ascendancy of anti-elitist, populist Republican conservatism of figures like Goldwater, Agnew, Buchanan, and Reagan, and the larger transformation of the Republican Party rooted in anti-New Deal conservatism of the 1930s"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Refusing to knuckle under: a political temperament forged early
Role reversal: the roots of the Republican revival
The road to 1968: middle America, meet Spiro Agnew
Becoming the spokesman for the silent majority
Dixie's favorite: Agnew and the Southern strategy
No contest
From Agnew to Trump.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Holden, Charles J. Republican populist.
ISBN:
9780813943268
0813943264
OCLC:
1089257059

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