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Clearly advances discussion of the political transformations from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Berman is especially helpful in untangling the interaction of economic change, economic policy making and electoral politics. -- Journal of American History Berman writes in clear, unbiased prose and places large trends in context. He does especially well explaining the significance of the decline in the power of organized labor, as both cause and effect of the conservative trend... An excellent case study. -- Journal of Southern History Anyone who teaches American History will find William C. Berman's book a useful source in preparing lectures on the politics of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. -- American Historical Review A very good, concise and highly readable account of the rise of the 'New Right' in the United States. It will prove very useful to undergraduate students in courses on political science and contemporary history. -- Political Studies

<p> Berman writes in clear, unbiased prose and places large trends in context. He does especially well explaining the significance of the decline in the power of organized labor, as both cause and effect of the conservative trend... An excellent case study. -- Journal of Southern History, reviewing a previous edition or volume

A very good, concise and highly readable account of the rise of the 'New Right' in the United States. It will prove very useful to undergraduate students in courses on political science and contemporary history. --Political Studies Anyone who teaches American History will find William C. Berman's book a useful source in preparing lectures on the politics of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. --American Historical Review Clearly advances discussion of the political transformations from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Berman is especially helpful in untangling the interaction of economic change, economic policy making and electoral politics. --Journal of American History Berman writes in clear, unbiased prose and places large trends in context. He does especially well explaining the significance of the decline in the power of organized labor, as both cause and effect of the conservative trend... An excellent case study. --Journal of Southern History

Clearly advances discussion of the political transformations from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Berman is especially helpful in untangling the interaction of economic change, economic policy making and electoral politics. --Journal of American History Berman writes in clear, unbiased prose and places large trends in context. He does especially well explaining the significance of the decline in the power of organized labor, as both cause and effect of the conservative trend... An excellent case study. --Journal of Southern History A very good, concise and highly readable account of the rise of the 'New Right' in the United States. It will prove very useful to undergraduate students in courses on political science and contemporary history. --Political Studies Anyone who teaches American History will find William C. Berman's book a useful source in preparing lectures on the politics of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. --American Historical Review

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William C. Berman is professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Politics of Civil Rights in the Truman Administration and William Fulbright and the Vietnam War: The Dissent of a Political Realist.

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