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BL
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1010433
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b764803
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| Main Entry
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Gottfried, Paul,1941-
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| Title & Author
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Conservatism in America : : making sense of the American right /\ Paul Edward Gottfried.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave,, 2007.
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| Page. NO
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xviii, 189 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1403974322
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: 9781403974327
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The invention of American conservatism -- Conservative theory in context -- On top of the heap -- Whither the right? -- The value game revisited -- Off the bus.
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| Abstract
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"This book argues that the American conservative movement, as it now exists, does not have deep roots, It began in the 1950s as the invention of journalists and men of letters reacting to the early Cold War and the attempt to construct a rallying point for like-minded opponents of international Communism. The resulting movement has exaggerated the permanence of its values, while its militant anti-Communism and periodic suppression of dissent have weakened its capacity for internal debate. The movement came to power at least partly by burying an older anti-welfare state Right, one that in fact had enjoyed a social following that was concentrated in small-town America. The newcomers played down the merits of those they had replaced; and in the 1980's the neoconservatives, who took over the postwar conservative movement from an earlier generation, belittled their predecessors in a similar way. Among the movement's major accomplishments has been its ability to recreate its own past. The success of this revised history lies in the fact that even the movement's critics are now inclined to accept it."--Jacket.
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Conservatism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Political parties-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Right and left (Political science)
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Die Rechte (Politik)
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Conservatism.
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Die Rechte
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Konservativismus
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Konservativismus.
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Political parties.
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Politics and government
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Right and left (Political science)
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
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United States, Politics and government, 20th century.
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United States.
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USA.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.520973
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| LC Classification
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JC573.2.U6G68 2007
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