The Conservative Sixties

Contents: David Farber/Jeff Roche: Introduction – David Farber: Democratic Subjects in the American Sixties: National Politics, Cultural Authenticity, and Community Interest – Jonathan M. Schoenwald: We Are an Action Group: The John Birch Society and the Conservative Movement in the 1960s – Evelyn A. Schlatter: «Extremism in the Defense of Liberty»: The Minutemen and the Radical Right – Michelle Nickerson: Moral Mothers and Goldwater Girls – Mary C. Brennan: Winning the War / Losing the Battle: The Goldwater Presidential Campaign and Its Effects on the Evolution of Modern Conservatism – Jeff Roche: Cowboy Conservatism – Kurt Schuparra: «A Great White Light»: The Political Emergence of Ronald Reagan – Donald T. Critchlow: Conservatism Reconsidered: Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism – Scott Flipse: Below-the-Belt Politics: Protestant Evangelicals, Abortion, and the Foundation of the New Religious Right, 1960-75 – Michael W. Flamm: The Politics of «Law and Order».