Rebels All! - A Short History of the Conservative Mind in Postwar America

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Mattson is Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University and the author of many books including, Upton Sinclair and the Other American Century and When America Was Great: The Fighting Faith of Postwar Liberalism. Klappentext Kevin Mattson explains the apparent contradictions of the party in this fresh examination of the postwar conservative mind Zusammenfassung Shows how right-wing intellectuals have always! but in different ways! played to the populist and rowdy tendencies in America's political culture. This title compares the conservative intellectual movement to the radical utopians among the New Left of the 1960s and explains how conservatism has ingested central features of American culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis The first generation : apocalyptic rebels with a cause The big chill that sets fires Postmodern conservatism, the politics of outrage, and the mindset of war

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kevin Mattson
• Editore: Rutgers University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.06.2008
• EAN: 9780813543437
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4343-7
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Ideas in Action; Ideas in Action
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva