The Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Softcover

Story, Ronald; Laurie, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312450648 ISBN 13: 9780312450649

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007

Synopsis

Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000 utilizes speeches, cartoons, party platforms, and editorials to trace the remarkable impact of the conservative movement in the last half of the twentieth century.

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About the Author:

RONALD STORY taught social, political and military history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and elsewhere for many decades before retiring in 2006. Among his works are A Concise Historical Atlas of World War II (2005), Five Colleges (1993), Sports in Massachusetts (1991), A More Perfect Union (1984-1995), The Forging of an Aristocracy (1980), Generations of Americans (1976); thirty articles and essays; and two digital works, The Jackie Robinson Educational Archives (1998) and The American Civil War (1996).

BRUCE LAURIE is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses in U.S. labor, comparative slavery and emancipation, and historiography. His books include Beyond Garrison: Antislavery and Social Reform (2005) and Artisans into Workers (1989). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society and is a Co-Education Director of a Fulbright Summer Institute at Amherst College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312450648
• ISBN 13: 9780312450649
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208