Allitt, Patrick.

The conservatives ideas and personalities throughout American history / [electronic resource] : Patrick Allitt. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009. - x, 325 p.

Includes index.

Introduction -- The Federalists -- Southern conservatism -- Northern antebellum conservatism and the Whigs -- Conservatism and the Civil War -- Conservatism after the Civil War -- Conservatism in the 1920s and 1930s -- The new conservatism, 1945-1964 -- The movement gains allies, 1964-1980 -- The Reagan revolution and the climax of the Cold War -- Conservatives after the Cold War, 1989-2001 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Conservatism--History.--United States


United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

JC573.2.U6 / A425 2009

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