Hixson Search for the American Right Wing

An Analysis of the Social Science Record, 1955-1987
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7274-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 1765, 386 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hixson, William B.

Hixson, Jr.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Pt. 1 The Sources of "McCarthyism" 1

1 The New American Right: "McCarthyism" as "Status Politics" 9

2 Hofstadter, Viereck, Shils: "McCarthyism" and the "Populist Heritage" 17

3 Rogin: "McCarthyism" as Midwestern Conservatism 27

4 Beyond Rogin: "McCarthyism" as the Revenge of the "Locals" 38

Pt. 2 The "Radical Right" of the Early 1960s 49

5 Bell and Riesman: The "Radical Right," American Society, and the Cold War 61

6 Sociological and Psychological Profiles of Right-Wing Activists 74

7 Hofstadter: The "Radical Right," Fundamentalism, and the Paranoid Style 96

Pt. 3 The Wallace Constituency 113

8 Southern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Place 124

9 Nonsouthern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Protest? 138

10 Wallace in Context: Reaction, Realignment, and a Society in Crisis 152

Pt. 4 The "New Right" 175

11 Studies of "Profamily" Activists: "Status Politics" Revised and Revisited 185

12 The Creation of the "New Right": Organizers, Ideologues, and the Search for a Constituency 210

13 Locating the Moral Majority: The Religious Factor 227

14 The "New Right" and the 1980 Election: The Religious Factor Reconsidered 249

Pt. 5 The American Right Wing in Perspective 271

15 Two Interpretations of the Right Wing: Lipset and Rogin 273

16 Conclusion: The American Right Wing in Perspective 293

Bibliography 329

Index 347