White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement

Lichtman, Allan J.

ISBN 10: 0871139847 / ISBN 13: 9780871139849

Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871139847
• ISBN 13: 9780871139849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New (Brodart protected)

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Synopsis

Spanning nearly one hundred years of American political history, and abounding with outsize characters--from Lindbergh to Goldwater to Gingrich to Abramoff-- White Protestant Nation offers a penetrating look at the origins, evolution, and triumph (at times) of modern conservatism. Lichtman is both a professor of political history at American University and a veteran journalist, and after ten years of prodigious research, he has produced what may be the definitive history of the modern conservative movement in America. He brings to life a gallery of dynamic right-wing personalities, from luminaries such as Strom Thurmond, Phyllis Schlafly, and Bill Kristol to indispensable inside operators like financiers Frank Gannett and J. Howard Pew. He explodes the conventional wisdom that modern conservative politics began with Goldwater and instead traces the roots of today’s movement to the 1920s. And he lays bare the tactics that conservatives have used for generations to put their slant on policy and culture; to choke the growth of the liberal state; and to build the most powerful media, fundraising, and intellectual network in the history of representative government. White Protestant Nation is entertaining, provocative, enlightening, and essential reading for anyone who cares about modern American politics and its history.

About the Author

Allan J. Lichtman received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is a longtime journalist and professor of history at American University in Washington, D.C. He is the author of six other books, including The Keys to the White House.