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Conservatism in America since 1930: A Reader
A collection of documents by conservative thinkers, tracing the rise and prevalence of conservatism in modern America
While there have long been libertarians, agrarians, individualists, collectivists, nationalists, and others who fit the contemporary label of “conservative,” no cohesive conservative movement existed prior to World War II. How, then, did conservatism develop into such a powerful American political force?
Tracing the history of conservatism from the concerns and ideas of the Old Right, through the Cold War, the “Gingrich revolution,” and into the present, Conservatism in America Since 1930 gathers a wide range of conservative writings and documents showcasing the development and protean character of the modern conservative intellectual and political movement.
The book includes essays from Russell Kirk, Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan, and Pat Buchanan, among others, and highlights key debates between the movement’s factions. Along with essays by these canonical conservative figures, the volume also contains excerpts from sources less frequently cited, such as the Twelve Southerners and Seward Collins, as well as documents from conservative organizations and journals. The primary documents are supplemented by introductions which set the historical context and offer illuminating commentary on how conservatism shifted identity over the course of modern American history.
While there have long been libertarians, agrarians, individualists, collectivists, nationalists, and others who fit the contemporary label of “conservative,” no cohesive conservative movement existed prior to World War II. How, then, did conservatism develop into such a powerful American political force?
Tracing the history of conservatism from the concerns and ideas of the Old Right, through the Cold War, the “Gingrich revolution,” and into the present, Conservatism in America Since 1930 gathers a wide range of conservative writings and documents showcasing the development and protean character of the modern conservative intellectual and political movement.
The book includes essays from Russell Kirk, Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald Reagan, and Pat Buchanan, among others, and highlights key debates between the movement’s factions. Along with essays by these canonical conservative figures, the volume also contains excerpts from sources less frequently cited, such as the Twelve Southerners and Seward Collins, as well as documents from conservative organizations and journals. The primary documents are supplemented by introductions which set the historical context and offer illuminating commentary on how conservatism shifted identity over the course of modern American history.
452 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2003
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December 24, 2020Stated reading this because it in the library and had a few Rothbard chapters.
Conservatism in America since 1930:
We don't like they way things are and the way things are going and we are powerless to do anything to stop it.
Interesting note, the image on goodreads has a picture of Buchanan where the copy I read has Buckley there. I like the goodreads version better.
Conservatism in America since 1930:
We don't like they way things are and the way things are going and we are powerless to do anything to stop it.
Interesting note, the image on goodreads has a picture of Buchanan where the copy I read has Buckley there. I like the goodreads version better.
December 14, 2012
This is one of the greatest books I have ever read, and def one of the top conservative books. It provides a history of conservative ideas, and is not just a book with one persons opinions, but rather how the movement has changed through the last 80 years
July 30, 2013
One of the first books on Conservatism I ever read. Now I have to go back and re-read it.
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