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Book SynopsisThis 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
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPt. 1The Sources of "McCarthyism"11The New American Right: "McCarthyism" as "Status Politics"92Hofstadter, Viereck, Shils: "McCarthyism" and the "Populist Heritage"173Rogin: "McCarthyism" as Midwestern Conservatism274Beyond Rogin: "McCarthyism" as the Revenge of the "Locals"38Pt. 2The "Radical Right" of the Early 1960s495Bell and Riesman: The "Radical Right," American Society, and the Cold War616Sociological and Psychological Profiles of Right-Wing Activists747Hofstadter: The "Radical Right," Fundamentalism, and the Paranoid Style96Pt. 3The Wallace Constituency1138Southern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Place1249Nonsouthern Support for Wallace: The Politics of Protest?13810Wallace in Context: Reaction, Realignment, and a Society in Crisis152Pt. 4The "New Right"17511Studies of "Profamily" Activists: "Status Politics" Revised and Revisited18512The Creation of the "New Right": Organizers, Ideologues, and the Search for a Constituency21013Locating the Moral Majority: The Religious Factor22714The "New Right" and the 1980 Election: The Religious Factor Reconsidered249Pt. 5The American Right Wing in Perspective27115Two Interpretations of the Right Wing: Lipset and Rogin27316Conclusion: The American Right Wing in Perspective293Bibliography329Index347
