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Conservatism and racism, and why in America they are the same /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2010]
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
United States > Race relations.
Conservatism > United States.
Racism > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining the terms of discourse
  • Lockean "liberalism" as the conservative ideology in America
  • The special place of the South in American conservatism
  • The rise of the liberal remnant
  • African American thought and the conservative remnant
  • Racism and the conservative intellectual movement, 1945-1970
  • Racism and neoconservatism, 1968-1980
  • The ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the parts played by ideology and race
  • The Reagan presidency and race
  • Conclusion.