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Record Nr.

UNINA9910655634403321

Autore

Jenkins Philip <1952->

Titolo

Decade of nightmares [[electronic resource] ] : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America / / Philip Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-19-988444-7

1-280-84532-5

0-19-803972-7

1-4294-2094-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

Social problems - United States - History - 20th century

Culture conflict - United States - History - 20th century

Conservatism - United States - History - 20th century

Political culture - United States - History - 20th century

United States History 1969-

United States History 1961-1969

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mainstreaming the 1960's -- Going too far -- Against the grain -- The politics of children -- Predators -- Captive America : 1980 -- Into the Reagan era -- Evil empires -- Dark victories -- The abuse epidemic -- Wars without end.

Sommario/riassunto

Draws on tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television, in an exploration of the confluence of panics, scares, and a few genuine threats that created a climate of fear that lead to America's conservative reaction to a decade of radicalism and an ascent into the landscape of the political Right.