ISBN:
9781441674111
,
144167411X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 273 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
SUNY series in African American studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Smith, Robert Charles, 1947- Conservatism and racism, and why in America they are the same
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Racism United States
;
Conservatism United States
;
Racism
;
Conservatism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Conservatism
;
Race relations
;
Racism
;
Ethnische Beziehung
;
Konservativismus
;
Rassismus
;
Racism ; United States
;
Conservatism ; United States
;
Konservatism ; Förenta staterna
;
Rasism ; Förenta staterna
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
USA
;
United States ; Race relations
Abstract:
Argues that conservatism has been hostile towards the aspirations of African Americans, tracing the roots of the ideology, the role of black conservatives, and the development of conservatism from the 1950s until the present day
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
