Publisher:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING.

Summary:


An entire generation has passed since the election that installed
Ronald Reagan into the White House. This brisk narrative fills a
significant gap in the literature on recent U.S. history, making use of
diverse memoir material, journalistic accounts, biographies, and
specialized policy studies, including those produced recently. Rather
than focusing solely on the Reagan and Bush administrations or
presidencies,
Right Turn addresses the various policy, cultural, social, economic,
and technological issues that made the 1980s and early 1990s such an
interesting product of the events that proceeded it--and such a vital
force in American life that followed. Beginning in the late 1970s and
concluding in the early 1990s, this book examines how conservative ideas
and organizations reemerged from the shadows of the Great Depression
and the New Deal. It describes national politics and public policies
implemented by conservative Republicans, the dramatic climax of the Cold
War, and the ways in which economic, legal, social, and cultural
developments affected ordinary Americans in all their diversity.
Featuring numerous photographs throughout and detailed guides to
specialized readings at the end of each chapter, Right Turn is ideal for
history and political science courses that cover post-1945 America as
well as the 1980s and 1990s. -- Publishers description.