A War for the Soul of America by Andrew Hartman
When Patrick Buchanan took the stage at the Republican National Convention in 1992 and proclaimed, his audience knew what he was talking about: the culture wars, which had raged throughout the previous decade and would continue until the century's end, pitting conservative and religious Americans against their liberal, secular fellow citizens.
"Whatever happened to the culture wars? Americans don't argue the way they used to, at least not over hot-button cultural issues like same-sex marriage and abortionHartman has produced both a history and a eulogy, providing a new and compelling explanation for the rise and fall of the culture wars. But don't celebrate too soon. On the ashes of the culture wars, we've built a bleak and acquisitive country dedicated to individual freedom over social democracy. Anyone who wants to take account of the culture wars-or to wrestle with their complicated legacy-will also have to grapple with this important book." (Jonathan Zimmerman, author of Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools)
Andrew Hartman is associate professor of history at Illinois State University and the author of Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226254500 |
| ISBN 10 | 022625450X |
| Title | A War for the Soul of America |
| Author | Andrew Hartman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2015-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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