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The paranoid style in American politics, and other essays

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Acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence--and derail--the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as "Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey" and "What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?" The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.--From publisher description of reprint.

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1996, Harvard University Press
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Table of Contents

The paranoid style in American politics
The pseudo-conservative revolt, 1954
Pseudo-conservatism revisited, 1965
Goldwater and pseudo-conservative politics
Cuba, the Philippines, and manifest destiny
What happened to the antitrust movement?
Free silver and the mind of "Coin" Harvey.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

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Dewey Decimal Class
320.973
Library of Congress
E743 .H632 1996, E743.H632 1996

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xiv, 330 p. ;
Number of pages
330

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Open Library
OL577816M
ISBN 10
0674654617
LCCN
96165819
OCLC/WorldCat
34772674
LibraryThing
321911
Goodreads
241061

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OL2465572W

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