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Jeremy Beer, Bruce Frohnen, and Jeffrey O. Nelson ranges from abortion to Zoll, Donald Atwell, and written from viewpoints as various as those which have constituted the postwar conservative movement itself, the encyclopedia's six hundred-plus entries will orient readers of all types to the people and ideas that have given shape to contemporary American conservatism. This long-awaited volume is not to be missed.

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Now American conservatism can claim another mark of distinction: an encyclopedia all its own. -- The New York Times For conservatives, this is the book of the year--a must-own title. --John J. Miller, National Review Online The strong and interlocking entries found in this encyclopedia will make it of great value to all who are interested in American conservatism. Its clarity and richness will suggest fresh and intriguing relations among conservative ideas, thinkers, movements, organizations, and politics. Certainly for all but the stubborn, habituated, and ideologically tenacious of right and left, it will end the ironclad identity of American conservatism with the political right and the Republican party. --Joseph Amato, Journal of Social History This well-edited encyclopedia arrives just as a new debate over the meaning of conservatism is opening. American Conservatism will prove useful for quick retrieval of basic information about key figures, events, and publications. But it promises to be especially valuable on account of its lengthier essays on a wide range of topics. No conservative--indeed, no student of American history and politics--can do without this excellent volume. --Terry Eastland, Publisher, The Weekly Standard An excellent source of information and insight, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia, is the mirror image of my own Encyclopedia of the American Left, destined to fascinate, inform, and enrage, neither doctrinaire nor long-winded but well-written and entertaining. --Paul Buhle, Brown University This volume is an enormously ambitious undertaking which succeeds mightily. At once both authoritative and provocative, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference for conservatives and those who seek to understand them. --Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia took about 15 years to complete, and the result is

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