Search for the American right wing : an analysis of the social science record, 1955-1987 /

Hixson, William B.,

Search for the American right wing : an analysis of the social science record, 1955-1987 / William B. Hixson, Jr. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (386 pages). - Princeton Legacy Library .

Includes bibliographies and index.

This book is a creative synthesis of the published scholarly research on the contemporary American right wing from the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to the election of Ronald Reagan as President. Unlike most other syntheses, it directly engages that research by critically analyzing the major explanations emerging from it. Emphasizing neither the lives and backgrounds of the scholars that he discusses nor paradigms within the social sciences as a whole, William Hixson focuses on the way the concepts of individual researchers have interacted with accumulating evidence on the American right, a.



9781400872749


Conservatism--History--United States--20th century.
Right and left (Political science)
Conservatism--History--United States--20th century.
Right and left (Political science)
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.


Electronic Books.

JA84 / .S437 1992