Creating conservatism : postwar words that made an American movement / / Michael J. Lee ; Charlie Sharp, book design

• Autore: Lee Michael J. <1979->
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.520973
• Soggetto topico: Conservatism - United States; Rhetoric - Political aspects
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SharpCharlie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue. The Old Argument Comes Full Circle; Chapter One. The Conservative Canon and Its Uses; Chapter Two. The Traditionalist Dialect; Chapter Three. The Libertarian Dialect; Chapter Four. Fusionism as Philosophy and Rhetorical Practice; Chapter Five. WFB; Chapter Six. Whittaker Chambers's Martyrdom; Chapter Seven. Conservatism and Canonicity; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Creating Conservatism charts the vital role of canonical post-World War II (1945-1964) books in generating, guiding, and sustaining conservatism as a political force in the United States. Dedicated conservatives have argued for decades that the conservative movement was a product of print, rather than a march, a protest, or a pivotal moment of persecution. The Road to Serfdom, Ideas Have Consequences, Witness, The Conservative Mind, God and Man at Yale, The Conscience of a Conservative, and other mid-century texts became influential not only among conservative office-holders, office-seekers,
• Titolo autorizzato: Creating conservatism
• ISBN: 1-62895-002-1; 1-60917-414-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464577503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rhetoric and public affairs series.