Right Star Rising
A New Politics, 1974-1980
Published on 28. June 2010
496 pages
978-0-393-08088-9 (ISBN)
Description
An authoritative history of the right turn in American national politics during the Ford-Carter years.
On the face of it, the Ford-Carter years seem completely forgettable. They were years of weak presidential leadership and national drift. Yet, as Laura Kalman shows in this absorbing narrative history, the contours of our contemporary politics took shape during these years. This was the incubation period for a powerful movement on the right that was to triumph with Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. These years also marked the coming of age of the social movements of the 1960s, as their causes moved from the streets to the courts for mediation. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and the scope of privacy rights had immense social and political impact. The nation experienced an energy crisis, a sharp economic downturn, and a collision with fundamentalism in Iran that set the terms for coming crises. Kalman's navigation of this eventful political and social terrain is expert and riveting.More details
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Laura Kalman is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of acclaimed books in American political and legal history.
Content
- Intro
- ALSO BY LAURA KALMAN
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PROLOGUE
- PART ONE THE END OF THE SIXTIES
- I THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES
- II THE POVERTY OF POWER
- III BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: FAMILY MATTERS
- IV THE FADING OF AMERICA
- PART TWO MODERATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
- V THE DEATH OF DÉTENTE
- VI INTANGIBLES
- VII FROM BUSING TO BAKKE
- VIII LIMITS
- PART THREE READY FOR THE EIGHTIES: MOBILIZATION ON THE RIGHT
- IX THE MARKET AS MAGNET
- X GENDER, GOD, AND GOVERNMENT
- XI RETURN TO THE COLD WAR: THE UNITED STATES, THE SOVIET UNION, AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- XII TO THE MOUNTAINTOP AND BACK
- EPILOGUE
- NOTES
