Ebook: Suburban Warriors: the Origins of the New American Right

In the early 1960s, American conservatives seemed to have fallen on hard times. McCarthyism was on the run, and movements on the political left were grabbing headlines. The media lampooned John Birchers's accusations that Dwight Eisenhower was a communist puppet. Mainstream America snickered at warnings by California Congressman James B. Utt that ""barefooted Africans"" were training in Georgia to help the United Nations take over the country. Yet, in Utt's home district of Orange County, thousands of middle-class suburbanites proceeded to organize a powerful conservative movement that woul.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: The Setting; CHAPTER 2: "A Sleeping Giant Is Awakening": Right-Wing Mobilization, 1960-1963; CHAPTER 3: The Grassroots Goldwater Campaign; CHAPTER 4: The Conservative Worldview at the Grass Roots; CHAPTER 5: The Birth of Populist Conservatism; CHAPTER 6: New Social Issues and Resurgent Evangelicalism; EPILOGUE; Notes; Bibliography; Index.