Conservatism and racism, and why in America they are the same [electronic resource] / Robert C. Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:SUNY series in African American studies.
Main Author: Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Racism > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2010 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2010 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining the terms of discourse
  • Lockean "liberalism" as the conservative ideology in America
  • The special place of the South in American conservatism
  • The rise of the liberal remnant
  • African American thought and the conservative remnant
  • Racism and the conservative intellectual movement, 1945-1970
  • Racism and neoconservatism, 1968-1980
  • The ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and the parts played by ideology and race
  • The Reagan presidency and race
  • Conclusion.