Right Star Rising – A New Politics, 1974–1980 - Hardcover

Kalman, Laura

 
9780393076387: Right Star Rising – A New Politics, 1974–1980
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393076385 ISBN 13: 9780393076387
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Synopsis

On the face of it, the Ford-Carter years seem completely forgettable. They were years of weak presidential leadership and national drift. Yet, as Laura Kalman shows in this absorbing narrative history, the contours of our contemporary politics took shape during these years. This was the incubation period for a powerful movement on the right that was to triumph with Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980. These years also marked the coming of age of the social movements of the 1960s, as their causes moved from the streets to the courts for mediation. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and the scope of privacy rights had immense social and political impact. The nation experienced an energy crisis, a sharp economic downturn, and a collision with fundamentalism in Iran that set the terms for coming crises. Kalman’s navigation of this eventful political and social terrain is expert and riveting.

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About the Author

Laura Kalman is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of acclaimed books in American political and legal history.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393076385
ISBN 13 
9780393076387
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
496