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Nicole Hemmer - Messengers of the Right - 9780812248395 - V9780812248395
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Messengers of the Right

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Description for Messengers of the Right Hardcover. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the media activists who built the American conservative movement and transformed it into one of the most significant and successful movements of the twentieth century-and in the process remade the Republican Party and the American media landscape. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPFM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.

From Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to Glenn Beck and Matt Drudge, Americans are accustomed to thinking of right-wing media as integral to contemporary conservatism. But today's well-known personalities make up the second generation of broadcasting and publishing activists. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the little-known first generation.
Beginning in the late 1940s, activists working in media emerged as leaders of the American conservative movement. They not only started an array of enterprises—publishing houses, radio programs, magazines, book clubs, television shows—they also built the movement. They coordinated rallies, founded organizations, ran political campaigns, and mobilized voters. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Politics & Culture in Modern America
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812248395
SKU
V9780812248395
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About Nicole Hemmer
Nicole Hemmer is Assistant Professor of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.

Reviews for Messengers of the Right
"Nicole Hemmer's well-researched and well-argued book Messengers of the Right . . . [emphasizes] the contributions of three 'media activists' who helped give coherence to the midcentury right: the radio host and political organizer Clarence Manion, the book publisher Henry Regnery, and the longtime National Review publisher William A. Rusher. Hemmer convincingly shows how all three helped pioneer the ideologically ... Read more

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