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Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America, Philip Jenkins

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Drawing on a wide array of sources--including tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television shows--Philip Jenkins argues that a remarkable confluence of panics, scares, and a few genuine threats created a climate of fear that led to the conservative reaction. He identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years. During this time, he says, there was a sharp increase in perceived threats to our security at home and abroad. At home, America seemed to be threatened by monstrous criminals--serial killers, child abusers, Satanic cults, and predatory drug dealers, to name just a few. On the international scene, we were confronted by the Soviet Union and its evil empire, by OPEC with its stranglehold on global oil, by the Ayatollahs who made hostages of our diplomats in Iran. Increasingly, these dangers began to be described in terms of moral evil. Rejecting the radicalism of the '60s, which many saw as the source of the crisis, Americans adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior, which harked back to much older themes in American culture. This simpler but darker vision ultimately brought us Ronald Reagan and the ascendancy of the political Right, which more than two decades later shows no sign of loosening its grip.--from publisher description
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eng
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Extent
344 pages
Contents
  • Mainstreaming the sixties
  • Going too far : Bicentennial America
  • Against the grain
  • The politics of children : 1977
  • Predators
  • Captive America : 1980
  • Into the Reagan era
  • Evil empires
  • Dark victories
  • The abuse epidemic
  • Wars without end
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9780195178661
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Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
Title
Decade of nightmares
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the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
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Philip Jenkins
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Language
eng
Summary
Drawing on a wide array of sources--including tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television shows--Philip Jenkins argues that a remarkable confluence of panics, scares, and a few genuine threats created a climate of fear that led to the conservative reaction. He identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years. During this time, he says, there was a sharp increase in perceived threats to our security at home and abroad. At home, America seemed to be threatened by monstrous criminals--serial killers, child abusers, Satanic cults, and predatory drug dealers, to name just a few. On the international scene, we were confronted by the Soviet Union and its evil empire, by OPEC with its stranglehold on global oil, by the Ayatollahs who made hostages of our diplomats in Iran. Increasingly, these dangers began to be described in terms of moral evil. Rejecting the radicalism of the '60s, which many saw as the source of the crisis, Americans adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior, which harked back to much older themes in American culture. This simpler but darker vision ultimately brought us Ronald Reagan and the ascendancy of the political Right, which more than two decades later shows no sign of loosening its grip.--from publisher description
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1952-
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Jenkins, Philip
Dewey number
973.92
Index
index present
LC call number
E839
LC item number
.J46 2006
Literary form
non fiction
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  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • Social problems
  • Culture conflict
  • Conservatism
  • Political culture
  • Conflit culturel
  • Conservatisme
  • Culture politique
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Conflit culturel
  • Conservatisme
  • Culture politique
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • États-Unis
  • Conservatism
  • Culture conflict
  • Political culture
  • Politics and government
  • Social conditions
  • Social problems
  • United States
  • Sociale processen
  • Politieke cultuur
  • Cultuurverandering
  • Politische Kultur
  • USA
  • USA
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Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America, Philip Jenkins
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-332) and index
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Contents
Mainstreaming the sixties -- Going too far : Bicentennial America -- Against the grain -- The politics of children : 1977 -- Predators -- Captive America : 1980 -- Into the Reagan era -- Evil empires -- Dark victories -- The abuse epidemic -- Wars without end
Control code
ocm61204278
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
344 pages
Isbn
9780195178661
Lccn
2005020159
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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9780195178661
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  • (Sirsi) o61204278
  • (OCoLC)61204278
Label
Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America, Philip Jenkins
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-332) and index
Carrier category
volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Mainstreaming the sixties -- Going too far : Bicentennial America -- Against the grain -- The politics of children : 1977 -- Predators -- Captive America : 1980 -- Into the Reagan era -- Evil empires -- Dark victories -- The abuse epidemic -- Wars without end
Control code
ocm61204278
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
344 pages
Isbn
9780195178661
Lccn
2005020159
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780195178661
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o61204278
  • (OCoLC)61204278

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