LEADER 02816nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910451988003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-7592-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000456660 035 $a(EBL)413351 035 $a(OCoLC)476237077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188354 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10222347 035 $a(PQKB)10455028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413351 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10116530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930233 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000456660 100 $a20040423d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRichard Nixon and the quest for a new majority$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert Mason 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1493-6 311 $a0-8078-2905-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE. THE FORGOTTEN AMERICANS: The Republican Quest for a Majority in the 1960's; TWO. MIDDLE AMERICA AND THE SILENT MAJORITY: Issues, 1969-1970; THREE. THERE'S A REALIGNMENT GOING ON: The Redefinition of the Republican Party, 1970; FOUR. THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Issues, 1970-1972; FIVE. PRESIDENT NIXON FOR PRESIDENT: The Rejection of the Republican Party, 1972; SIX. FROM NIXON TO REAGAN: The End of the Quest for a New Majority, 1972-1976; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn recent years historians have paid substantial attention to the origins of modern political conservatism and the record of the Nixon administration in building a Republican majority in the late twentieth century. In Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority, Robert Mason analyzes Nixon's response to the developing conservative climate and challenges revisionist claims about the activist nature of the Nixon administration. Nixon was an activist in intent, Mason contends, but not in deed. Nixon's ""silent majority"" speech of 1969 not only undermined the growth of the antiwar... 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1969-1974 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 676 $a973.924/092 700 $aMason$b Robert$f1970-$0626162 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451988003321 996 $aRichard Nixon and the quest for a new majority$91218499 997 $aUNINA