The Education of Ronald Reagan : : The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism / / Thomas Evans.
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Evans, Thomas, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Education of Ronald Reagan : The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism / Thomas Evans. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2006] ©2006 1 online resource (320 p.) : 6 photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Background -- 1. A New Dealer to the Core -- 2. Politics: War by Different Means -- Part II. A Postgraduate Course in Political Science -- 3. Boulwarism -- 4. The Plant Tour -- 5. Schools, Classes, and Trains -- Part III. An Apprenticeship for Public Life -- 6. The Campaign -- 7. Allies -- 8. The Speech -- 9. Two Unions -- 10. The Art of Negotiation -- Part IV. Encouraging an Increasing Majority of Citizens -- 11. The Campaign Continues -- 12. The Presidential Bug -- 13. A President's Vision -- Appendix. Speeches of Reuther, Boulware, and Reagan -- Labor and the community -- Salvation Is Not Free -- A Time for Choosing ("The Speech" ) -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a televised speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. "The Speech," as it has come to be known, helped launch Ronald Reagan as a leading force in the American conservative movement. However, less than twenty years earlier, Reagan was a prominent Hollywood liberal, the president of the Screen Actors Guild, and a fervent supporter of FDR and Harry Truman. While many agree that Reagan's anticommunism grew out of his experiences with the Hollywood communists of the late 1940s, the origins of his conservative ideology have remained obscure.Based on a newly discovered collection of private papers as well as interviews and corporate documents, The Education of Ronald Reagan offers new insights into Reagan's ideological development and his political ascendancy. Thomas W. Evans links the eight years (1954-1962) in which Reagan worked for General Electric-acting as host of its television program, GE Theater, and traveling the country as the company's public-relations envoy-to his conversion to conservatism. In particular, Evans reveals the profound influence of GE executive Lemuel Boulware, who would become Reagan's political and ideological mentor. Boulware, known for his tough stance against union officials and his innovative corporate strategies to win over workers, championed the core tenets of modern American conservatism-free-market fundamentalism, anticommunism, lower taxes, and limited government. Building on the ideas and influence of Boulware, Reagan would soon begin his rise as a national political figure and an icon of the American conservative movement. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Conservatism United States History 20th century. Presidents United States Biography. HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh Boulware, Lemuel, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Reagan, Ronald, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Reuther, Walter P., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231138611 https://doi.org/10.7312/evan13860 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511070 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511070/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Background -- 1. A New Dealer to the Core -- 2. Politics: War by Different Means -- Part II. A Postgraduate Course in Political Science -- 3. Boulwarism -- 4. The Plant Tour -- 5. Schools, Classes, and Trains -- Part III. An Apprenticeship for Public Life -- 6. The Campaign -- 7. Allies -- 8. The Speech -- 9. Two Unions -- 10. The Art of Negotiation -- Part IV. Encouraging an Increasing Majority of Citizens -- 11. The Campaign Continues -- 12. The Presidential Bug -- 13. A President's Vision -- Appendix. Speeches of Reuther, Boulware, and Reagan -- Labor and the community -- Salvation Is Not Free -- A Time for Choosing ("The Speech" ) -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Backmatter |
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