
The Tea Party Explained
From Crisis to Crusade
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Will be published approx. on 24. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8126-9831-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Tea Party first attracted the media spotlight with Rick Santelli's televised rant against the government's bailout of mortgage borrowers on February 19, 2009, which instantly went viral as a video. As the authors document, however, "tea parties" associated with the Ron Paul movement had already been gathering momentum for more than a year. Beginning as a protest against government spending sprees, the Tea Party's sudden fame forced it to define itself on many issues where the membership was seriously divided. Fiscal conservatives, who were usually liberal on social issues, battled social conservatives in an uneasy series of maneuvers that continues unresolved and is described in the book. The Tea Party Explained, written by two Tea Party activists, gives a well-documented account of the Tea Party, its origins, its evolution, the bitter squabbles over its direction, its amazing successes in 2010, and its electoral rebuff in 2012. Maltsev and Skaskiw analyze its demographics, the many organizations which have tried to represent, appropriate, or infiltrate the movement, and the ideological divisions within.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8126-9831-2 (9780812698312)
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E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Open Court
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Persons
Yuri Maltsev is a professor of economics at Carthage College, Wisconsin. He lives in Pleasant Prairie, WI. Roman Skaskiw is a writer, entrepreneur, and former Infantry Officer in the US Army. He lives in Mt. Airy, NC.
Content
Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Tea Party's Two Beginnings 2. Economic Backlash 3. Divisions: God and War 4. Organizations and Individuals 5. Obamacare Outrage 6. The Tenth Amendment Movement 7. Tea Party Demographics 8. The Tea Party in the 2010 Elections 9. The Tea Party in the 2012 Elections 10. The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street 11. A Future for the Tea Party Notes Index