Nearly four million Americans worked on Barry Goldwater s behalf in the presidential election of 1964. These citizens were as dedicated to their cause as those who fought for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. Arguably, the conservative agenda that began with Goldwater has had effects on American politics and society as profound and far reaching as the liberalism of the 1960s. According to the essays in this volume, it s high time for a reconsideration of Barry Goldwater s legacy. Since Goldwater s death in 1998, politicians, pundits, and academics have been assessing his...
Nearly four million Americans worked on Barry Goldwater s behalf in the presidential election of 1964. These citizens were as dedicated to their cause...
Few Sunbelt cities burned brighter or contributed more to the conservative movement than Phoenix. In 1910, eleven thousand people called Phoenix home; now, over four million reside in this metropolitan region. In "Sunbelt Capitalism," Elizabeth Tandy Shermer tells the story of the city's expansion and its impact on the nation. The dramatic growth of Phoenix speaks not only to the character and history of the Sunbelt but also to the evolution in American capitalism that sustained it.
In the 1930s, Barry Goldwater and other members of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce feared the influence of...
Few Sunbelt cities burned brighter or contributed more to the conservative movement than Phoenix. In 1910, eleven thousand people called Phoenix ho...
