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OverviewOften considered a lost decade, a pause between the liberal Sixties and Reagan's Eighties, the 1970s were indeed a watershed era when the forces of a conservative counter-revolution cohered. These years marked a significant moral and cultural turning point in which the conservative movement became the motive force driving politics for the ensuing three decades. Interpreting the movement as more than a backlash against the rampant liberalization of American culture, racial conflict, the Vietnam War, and Watergate, these provocative and innovative essays look below the surface, discovering the tectonic shifts that paved the way for Reagan's America. They reveal strains at the heart of the liberal coalition, resulting from struggles over jobs, taxes, and neighborhood reconstruction, while also investigating how the deindustrialization of northern cities, the rise of the suburbs, and the migration of people and capital to the Sunbelt helped conservatism gain momentum in the twentieth century. They demonstrate how the forces of the right coalesced in the 1970s and became, through the efforts of grassroots activists and political elites, a movement to reshape American values and policies. A penetrating and provocative portrait of a critical decade in American history, Rightward Bound illuminates the seeds of both the successes and the failures of the conservative revolution. It helps us understand how, despite conservatism's rise, persistent tensions remain today between its political power and the achievements of twentieth-century liberalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruce J. Schulman , Julian E. ZelizerPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780674027589ISBN 10: 0674027582 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 March 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Bruce Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer Part I. Mobilizing the Movement 1. Inventing Family Values Matthew D. Lassiter 2. The Evangelical Resurgence in 1970s American Protestantism Paul S. Boyer 3. Make Payroll, Not War Bethany E. Moreton 4. Gender and America's Right Turn Marjorie Spruill 5. Civil Rights and the Religious Right Joseph Crespino 6. The Decade of the Neighborhood Suleiman Osman 7. Cultural Politics and the Singer/Songwriters of the 1970s Bradford Martin 8. Financing the Counterrevolution Alice O'Connor Part II. The Battle over Policies and Politics 9. The White Ethnic Strategy Thomas J. Sugrue and John D. Skrentny 10. The Conservative Struggle and the Energy Crisis Meg Jacobs 11. Turnabout Years: Public Sector Unionism and the Fiscal Crisis Joseph McCartin 12. Detente and Its Discontents Jeremi Suri 13. Carter's Nicaragua and Other Democratic Quagmires Derek N. Buckaloo 14. Conservatives, Carter, and the Politics of National Security Julian E. Zelizer Epilogue Bruce Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer Notes List of Contributors IndexReviewsRightward Bound arrives at a prescient moment. Modern American conservatism is far from its political death, but the ruinous legacy of George W. Bush has helped dash Karl Rove's dreams of a permanent majority. Culturally, the story is similar. Annual abortion numbers have remained steady, public acceptance of gay rights continues to increase, and immigration has failed as a Republican wedge issue. So what are the reasons for this mixed record? As co-editors Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer argue, the movement's past has much to say about the contemporary condition...It is a highly important and useful study, and one that offers scholars a new way of grasping conservatism. Just as importantly, this is a book that will hopefully be valuable to a broader general audience. If the public is to make sense of why the conservative revolution faces an uncertain future, they must look backwards as well, and appreciate its laborious beginning. -- Christopher Martin popmatters.com 20080301 An uncommonly coherent collection of innovative essays. -- Corey Robin The Nation 20080623 A highly important and useful study, and one that offers scholars a new way of grasping conservatism. Just as importantly, this is a book that will hopefully be valuable to a broader general audience. If the public is to make sense of why the conservative revolution faces an uncertain future, they must look backwards as well, and appreciate its laborious beginning. -- Christopher Martin Popmatters.com 20080301 One of the great virtues of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s, the helpful collection of essays edited by Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer, is that it gathers in one place many of the best young left-of-center historians working on the rise of the right. Conservatives will take issue with many of the book's conclusions; they cannot say any longer, as they once could, that the liberal academy doesn't take conservatism seriously. -- E. J. Dionne American Prospect 20080901 One of the great virtues of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s , the helpful collection of essays edited by Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer, is that it gathers in one place many of the best young left-of-center historians working on the rise of the right. Conservatives will take issue with many of the book's conclusions; they cannot say any longer, as they once could, that the liberal academy doesn't take conservatism seriously. -- E. J. Dionne American Prospect (09/01/2008) Author InformationBruce J. Schulman is William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University. Julian E. Zelizer is Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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