American Conservatism An Encyclopedia. Fifteen years in the making, and well over one-half million words in length, this informative and entertaining encyclopedia, the only comprehensive reference work to American conservatism ever compiled. Hardcover book measures about 7 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches long it has 979 pages.
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More than fifty years after the publication of its seminal works including Friedrich Hayek's Road to Serfdom (1944), Richard Weaver's ideas Have Consequences (1948), Whittaker Chambers's Witness (1952), and Russell Kirk's Conservative Mind (1953) and with hundreds of foundations, organizations, media outlets, and other institutions now working to advance its cause, the American conservative movement has certainly reached maturity. Yet, because the history of that movement has not been widely studied or well understood, it is often reduced to politics, whereas conservatism in America since World War II has actually been nothing if not an intensely intellectual undertaking. Thus, if conservatism today is to be understood in its historical totality, the diverse intellectual currents out of which it was formed must become better known.
With contributions from more then two hundred leading scholars, American Conservatism An Encyclopedia seeks to fill this gap in understanding by offering information and insights on the major persons, schools, concepts, organizations, events, and publications that have contributed to the development of the conservative intellectual movement in America since World War II.
Its 626 entries cover social issues from abortion to welfare, thinkers from Lord Acton to Donald Atwell Zoll, politicians from John Adams to John Witherspoon, magazines from the American Mercury to the Weekly Standard, books from the Conscience of a Conservative to Witness, historical events from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War, political philosophies from agrarianism to totalitarianism, concepts from academic freedom to tradition, organizations from the America First Committee to The Young Americans for Freedom and much more.
Fifteen years in the making, and well over one-half million words in length, this informative and entertaining encyclopedia, the only comprehensive reference work to American conservatism ever compiled, will be of value to all students, journalists, academics, and lay readers who would like to learn more about postwar America's most important intellectual movement.
