The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan / Robert Mason.
2012
JK 2356 .M27 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan / Robert Mason.
Author
Mason, Robert, 1970- author.
ISBN
9781107007048 (hardback)
1107007046 (hardback)
9781107666146 (paperback)
1107666147 (paperback)
1107007046 (hardback)
9781107666146 (paperback)
1107666147 (paperback)
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
x, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
JK 2356 .M27 2012
Alternate Call Number
HIS036060
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.273409/04
Summary
"Robert Mason investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status from the Great Depression until the Reagan years"-- Provided by publisher.
"During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally characterized the electoral record of the Republican party. Although Republicans sometimes secured victory in presidential contests, a majority of Americans identified with the Democratic party, not the GOP. This book investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status and why their efforts to boost GOP fortunes usually ended in failure. At the heart of the Republicans' minority puzzle was the profound and persistent popularity of New Deal liberalism. This puzzle was stubbornly resistant to solution. Efforts to develop a Republican version of government activism met little success. The same was true of conservative strategies that stressed a more fundamental rejection of the Democrats' arguments. Technocratic initiatives to improve party organization and communications similarly failed to facilitate an electoral breakthrough. Only the Democratic party's decline eventually created opportunities for Republican resurgence. This book is the first to offer a wide-ranging analysis of the topic, which is of central importance to any understanding of modern U.S. political history"-- Provided by publisher.
"During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally characterized the electoral record of the Republican party. Although Republicans sometimes secured victory in presidential contests, a majority of Americans identified with the Democratic party, not the GOP. This book investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status and why their efforts to boost GOP fortunes usually ended in failure. At the heart of the Republicans' minority puzzle was the profound and persistent popularity of New Deal liberalism. This puzzle was stubbornly resistant to solution. Efforts to develop a Republican version of government activism met little success. The same was true of conservative strategies that stressed a more fundamental rejection of the Democrats' arguments. Technocratic initiatives to improve party organization and communications similarly failed to facilitate an electoral breakthrough. Only the Democratic party's decline eventually created opportunities for Republican resurgence. This book is the first to offer a wide-ranging analysis of the topic, which is of central importance to any understanding of modern U.S. political history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1. "From old Home Melodies to Jazz Music": 1928-1933
2. "As Maine Goes, So Goes Vermont": 1933-1939
3. "The Simple Barefoot Wall Street Lawyer": 1939-1945
4. "Liberty Versus Socialism": 1945-1953
5. "Modern Republicanism": 1953-1961
6. "A Choice, Not An Echo": 1960-1968
7. "There's a Realignment Going On": 1968-1976
8. "You Are Witnessing the Great Realignment": 1977-1989
Conclusion.
2. "As Maine Goes, So Goes Vermont": 1933-1939
3. "The Simple Barefoot Wall Street Lawyer": 1939-1945
4. "Liberty Versus Socialism": 1945-1953
5. "Modern Republicanism": 1953-1961
6. "A Choice, Not An Echo": 1960-1968
7. "There's a Realignment Going On": 1968-1976
8. "You Are Witnessing the Great Realignment": 1977-1989
Conclusion.