Suburban Warriors
Book • 2001
Suburban Warriors by Lisa McGirr delves into the origins of the New American Right, focusing on the grassroots conservative movement in Orange County during the 1960s.
The book highlights how successful suburbanites, influenced by Christian fundamentalism, xenophobic nationalism, and libertarianism, transformed American politics.
McGirr's work provides a nuanced understanding of the social forces that shaped modern conservatism.
The book highlights how successful suburbanites, influenced by Christian fundamentalism, xenophobic nationalism, and libertarianism, transformed American politics.
McGirr's work provides a nuanced understanding of the social forces that shaped modern conservatism.
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Recommended by Felicia Wong as a meticulously written history of how neoliberal economic ideas were integrated into the lives of women and men in Orange County during the 1960s and 70s.
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