LEADER 04660nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910451689603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51107-8 024 7 $a10.7312/evan13860 035 $a(CKB)1000000000474437 035 $a(EBL)908239 035 $a(OCoLC)826476698 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000144255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12035611 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145383 035 $a(PQKB)11274744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908239 035 $a(DE-B1597)458839 035 $a(OCoLC)568385808 035 $a(OCoLC)979720507 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908239 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183564 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000474437 100 $a20060530d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe education of Ronald Reagan$b[electronic resource] $ethe General Electric years and the untold story of his conversion to conservatism /$fThomas W. Evans 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 225 1 $aColumbia studies in contemporary American history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13861-X 311 $a0-231-13860-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-283) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPart I. Background --$t1. A New Dealer to the Core --$t2. Politics: War by Different Means --$tPart II. A Postgraduate Course in Political Science --$t3. Boulwarism --$t4. The Plant Tour --$t5. Schools, Classes, and Trains --$tPart III. An Apprenticeship for Public Life --$t6. The Campaign --$t7. Allies --$t8. The Speech --$t9. Two Unions --$t10. The Art of Negotiation --$tPart IV. Encouraging an Increasing Majority of Citizens --$t11. The Campaign Continues --$t12. The Presidential Bug --$t13. A President's Vision --$tAppendix. Speeches of Reuther, Boulware, and Reagan --$tLabor and the community /$rReuther, Walter P. --$tSalvation Is Not Free /$rBoulware, Lemuel --$tA Time for Choosing ("The Speech" ) /$rReagan, Ronald --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex --$tBack matter 330 $aIn October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a televised speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. "The Speech," as it has come to be known, helped launch Ronald Reagan as a leading force in the American conservative movement. However, less than twenty years earlier, Reagan was a prominent Hollywood liberal, the president of the Screen Actors Guild, and a fervent supporter of FDR and Harry Truman. While many agree that Reagan's anticommunism grew out of his experiences with the Hollywood communists of the late 1940's, the origins of his conservative ideology have remained obscure. Based on a newly discovered collection of private papers as well as interviews and corporate documents, The Education of Ronald Reagan offers new insights into Reagan's ideological development and his political ascendancy. Thomas W. Evans links the eight years (1954-1962) in which Reagan worked for General Electric-acting as host of its television program, GE Theater, and traveling the country as the company's public-relations envoy-to his conversion to conservatism. In particular, Evans reveals the profound influence of GE executive Lemuel Boulware, who would become Reagan's political and ideological mentor. Boulware, known for his tough stance against union officials and his innovative corporate strategies to win over workers, championed the core tenets of modern American conservatism-free-market fundamentalism, anticommunism, lower taxes, and limited government. Building on the ideas and influence of Boulware, Reagan would soon begin his rise as a national political figure and an icon of the American conservative movement. 410 0$aColumbia studies in contemporary American history. 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1953-1961 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1961-1963 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.927092 676 $aB 700 $aEvans$b Thomas W.$f1930-$01046587 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451689603321 996 $aThe education of Ronald Reagan$92473597 997 $aUNINA