Jesse Helms : Modern Conservatism and the Politics of Opposition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Link, William A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism.

Legislators.

Opposition (Political science).

Politicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2026.

Summary:

Jesse Helms (1921-2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth century.Though Helms's thirty years in the US Senate are most remembered for what he opposed rather than what he achieved, he was a central figure in modern conservativism.In this concise interpretive biography, William A.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction: Jesse Helms and the American Right

1. FINDING A MESSAGE

2. THE EMERGENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE

3. TV JOURNALIST

4. BACKLASH

5. MOVEMENT CONSERVATIVE

6. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION

7. THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES

8. CULTURE WARS

9. THE AIDS CRISIS

10. THE ELECTION OF 1990

11. INTO THE GRAY TWILIGHT

Epilogue: Jesse Helms's Ghost

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Link, William A. Jesse Helms

ISBN:

9781469694528

OCLC:

1581072963