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Rightward Bound
Often 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 …
Jimmy Carter: 39th President,1977-1981
A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the 'New South', Carter's strongest …
In Hofstadter's Shadow - Essays on American Political History
Fault Lines
In the middle of the 1970s, America entered a new era of doubt and division. Major political, economic and social crises—Watergate, Vietnam, the rights revolutions of the 1960s–had …
Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich and the Rise of the New Republican Party
A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of …
What's Good for Business
This volume showcases the most exciting new voices in the fields of business and political history. While the media frequently warns of the newfound power of business in the world …
Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989
Ronald Reagan's election to the presidency in 1980 marked a victory for conservatism. However, as Meg Jacobs and Julian Zelizer point out in their introduction, once in power, …
January 6 and the Politics of History
On January 6, 2021, more than two thousand rioters stormed the doors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., hoping to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power from …