The America That Reagan Built

Informationen zum Autor J. David Woodard is Professor of Political Science at Clemson University and co-author of American Conservatism from Burke to Bush (1991) and The Conservative Tradition in America (1996). He is also the author of The New Southern Politics (2006). Klappentext This is a whistle-stop survey of American politics from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, with visits to poll results, biennial elections, political crises, and policy questions of the past twenty-five years. It touches on numerous aspects of American political life as well as economics, art, literature, science, society, fads, and customs that changed with the culture of the country. The story is told in terms of the presidents who shaped and led the nation, the elections that brought and kept them in power, and the dozens of people who collectively played a part in helping mold the national experience from 1980 to 2005. Zusammenfassung This is a whistle-stop survey of American politics from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush! with visits to poll results! biennial elections! political crises! and policy questions of the past twenty-five years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1. Malaise 2. 1980 Election 3. I, Ronald Wilson Reagan 4. A Rising Tide 5. Morning in America: The Second Term 6. A Thousand Points of Light 7. From a Distance 8. Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow 9. The Postmodern Nineties 10. Triangulation 11. 9/11 12. Misunderestimated Epilogue: Epochs Notes Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J. David Woodard, Woodard J. David
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2006
• EAN: 9780275986094
• ISBN: 978-0-275-98609-4
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Politics, Law, and Government: Presidential Studies