Republican populist : Spiro Agnew and the origins of Donald Trump's America /

Holden, Charles J.,

Republican populist : Spiro Agnew and the origins of Donald Trump's America / Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte, and Jerald E. Podair. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Refusing to knuckle under: a political temperament forged early -- Role reversal: the roots of the Republican revival -- The road to 1968: middle America, meet Spiro Agnew -- Becoming the spokesman for the silent majority -- Dixie's favorite: Agnew and the Southern strategy -- No contest -- From Agnew to Trump.

"This book examines Spiro Agnew as a politician who, under the tutelage of William Safire, Pat Buchanan, Kevin Phillips, and Richard Nixon, became a spokesman for a right-wing populism that enabled Republicans to wrest the title "the people's party," from the Democrats. Agnew provides a useful point of entry to understand the ascendancy of anti-elitist, populist Republican conservatism of figures like Goldwater, Agnew, Buchanan, and Reagan, and the larger transformation of the Republican Party rooted in anti-New Deal conservatism of the 1930s"--



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Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996.


Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.


Vice-presidents--United States--Biography.
Populism--History--United States--20th century.
Conservatism--History--United States--20th century.
Political culture--History--United States--20th century.
Right and left (Political science)--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

E840 / .R478 2019