Before the Storm
Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Published on 17. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-1-56858-412-6 (ISBN)
Description
Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked peaceful coexistence" with the USSR. Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Avalon Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 55 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56858-412-6 (9781568584126)
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03/2009
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Rick Perlstein is the bestselling author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan and Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. His reviews, reporting, and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Observer, New Republic, Washington Post, London Review of Books, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, and The New Yorker. He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for independent scholars. He lives in Chicago. www.rickperlstein.org