Bibliograph

The right, the hundred year war for American conservatism, Matthew Continetti

Type

Label

The right, the hundred year war for American conservatism, Matthew Continetti

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The right

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1262966383

Responsibility statement

Matthew Continetti

Sub title

the hundred year war for American conservatism

Summary

When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan, with his politics and policies front and center. Here, journalist Matthew Continetti shifts this lens, arguing that an understanding of the history of the pre-Reagan right is crucial to understanding the past and determining the future of the movement. The Right is a sweeping historical account of American conservatism's evolution, from the beginning of the Progressive Era through the present. Drawing out the tensions between conservatism and populism, and between the conservative desire for mainstream acceptance and the pull of extremism, Continetti argues that the more one studies conservatism's past, the more one becomes convinced of its future

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