02641nam 2200637 a 450 991065563440332120230207224909.00-19-988444-71-280-84532-50-19-803972-71-4294-2094-4(CKB)1000000000468241(EBL)271286(OCoLC)466424605(SSID)ssj0000135751(PQKBManifestationID)11150229(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135751(PQKBWorkID)10062781(PQKB)11244872(MiAaPQ)EBC271286(EXLCZ)99100000000046824120050728d2006 uy 0engtxtccrDecade of nightmares[electronic resource] the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America /Philip JenkinsNew York Oxford University Pressc20061 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-534158-9 0-19-517866-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-332) and index.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.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.Social problemsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCulture conflictUnited StatesHistory20th centuryConservatismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesHistory1969-United StatesHistory1961-1969United StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesSocial conditions1945-Social problemsHistoryCulture conflictHistoryConservatismHistoryPolitical cultureHistory973.92Jenkins Philip1952-249423MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910655634403321Decade of nightmares2904405UNINA