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Table of Contents:

• Pt. 1. Washington, D.C., August 1974
• Conspiracy theory
• If he's so dumb, how come he's president?
• Archie's guys
• The porno plague
• Interlude: Born to run
• Let's look ferocious
• Southie won't go
• Redneck chic
• The man of a thousand faces
• Interlude: TV's super women
• The weirdo factor
• Reagan country
• The Jimmy and Jerry show
• Washington, D.C, January 1977
• pat. 2. Mr. Carter goes to Washington
• Interlude: Steeltown, U.S.A.
• Roots and rights
• The sweetheart of the silent majority
• Whatever happened to California?

• Apocalypse now
• Nuke the Ayatollah!
• Interlude: America's team
• Conservatives for change
• Soldiers of God
• To sail against the wind
• Rendezvous with destiny
• Washington, D.C., January 1981.

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Author/Creator:

Sandbrook, Dominic

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mad as hell: the crisis of the 1970s and the rise of the populist Right [by Sandbrook, D.]

Subjects:

United States — Politics and government — 1974-1977

United States — Politics and government — 1977-1981

Populism — United States — History — 20th century

Conservatism — United States — History — 20th century

Politicians — United States — History — 20th century

Political culture — United States — History — 20th century

Social change — United States — History — 20th century

United States — Social conditions — 1960-1980

1900-1999

Populism

Conservatism

Politicians

Political culture

Social change

Social conditions

Politics and government

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-480) and index.

Physical Description:

xv, 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

E865 .S26 2011

ISBNs:

9781400042623
1400042623

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010037726

OCLC Numbers:

630500180