Right Star Rising A New Politics, 1974-1980

Name: Right Star Rising A New Politics, 1974-1980
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ISBN: 9780393350029

ISBN-10: 0393350029

ISBN-13: 9780393350029

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laura Kalman

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On the face of it, the Ford-Carter years seem completely forgettable. They were years of weak presidential leadership and national drift. Yet, as Laura Kalman shows in this absorbing narrative history, the contours of our contemporary politics took shape during these years. This was the incubation period for a powerful movement on the right that was to triumph with Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980. These years also marked the coming of age of the social movements of the 1960s, as their causes moved from the streets to the courts for mediation. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and the scope of privacy rights had immense social and political impact. The nation experienced an…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.99" long
Weight: 1.474
Language: English