Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
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- Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
- Title remainder
- the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America
- Statement of responsibility
- Philip Jenkins
- Subject
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- Conflit culturel -- États-Unis | Histoire | 20e siècle
- Conservatism
- Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Conservatisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Conservatisme -- États-Unis | Histoire | 20e siècle
- Culture conflict
- Culture conflict -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Culture politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Culture politique -- États-Unis | Histoire | 20e siècle
- Cultuurverandering
- Geschichte 1960-1990
- Geschichte 1960-1990.
- History
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Politics and government
- Politieke cultuur
- Politische Kultur
- Problèmes sociaux -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Problèmes sociaux -- États-Unis | Histoire | 20e siècle
- Since 1900
- Social conditions
- Social problems
- Social problems -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sociale processen
- USA
- USA
- United States
- United States -- History -- 1961-1969
- United States -- History -- 1969-
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-
- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales | 1945-
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1961-1969
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1969-
- Conflit culturel -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- États-Unis -- Histoire | 1969-
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-1989
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement | 1945-1989
- États-Unis -- Histoire | 1961-1969
- 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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- DLC
- Dewey number
- 973.92
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E839
- LC item number
- .J46 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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