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Mad as hell : the crisis of the 1970s and the rise of the populist Right

Summary: Sandbrook re-creates the schizophrenic atmosphere of the 1970s, an age when feminists were on the march and the Communists seemed to be winning the Cold War, but also when a new kind of right-wing populism was transforming American politics form the ground up.

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ISBN: 1400042623
ISBN: 9781400042623
Physical Description: xv, 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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General Note:	"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-480) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pt. 1. Washington, D.C., August 1974 -- Conspiracy theory -- If he's so dumb, how come he's president? -- Archie's guys -- The porno plague -- Interlude: Born to run -- Let's look ferocious -- Southie won't go -- Redneck chic -- The man of a thousand faces -- Interlude: TV's super women -- The weirdo factor -- Reagan country -- The Jimmy and Jerry show -- Washington, D.C, January 1977 -- pat. 2. Mr. Carter goes to Washington -- Interlude: Steeltown, U.S.A. -- Roots and rights -- The sweetheart of the silent majority -- Whatever happened to California? -- Apocalypse now -- Nuke the Ayatollah! -- Interlude: America's team -- Conservatives for change -- Soldiers of God -- To sail against the wind -- Rendezvous with destiny -- Washington, D.C., January 1981.