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History of Conservatism

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  • American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia by Jeremy Beer, Bruce Frohnen and Jeffrey O. Nelson
    • 5/5 Stars

    American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to cover what is surely the most influential political and intellectual movement of the last half century. More than fifteen years in the making-and more than half a million…

  • The Dartmouth Review: Twenty-five Years of Being Threatened, Impugned, Vandalized, Sued, Suspended, and Bitten at the Ivy League's Most Controversial Conservative Newspaper by Stefan Beck and James Panero
    • 0/5 Stars

    In 1980, disaffected editors from the student daily of Dartmouth College founded an off-campus conservative newspaper known as The Dartmouth Review. For twenty-five years, this renegade student publication, funded largely by discontented alumni, has made national headlines through its unique…

  • William F. Buckley Jr.: A Bibliography by William F. Meehan
    • 0/5 Stars

    Since the publication of God and Man at Yale in 1951, William F. Buckley Jr. was the most visible spokesman for American conservatism. He was also one of the most prolific. This volume, a complete bibliography of Buckley's written work…

  • The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 by George H. Nash
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    First published in 1976, and revised in 1996, George H. Nash's celebrated history of the postwar conservative intellectual movement has become the unquestioned standard in the field. This new edition, published in commemoration of the volume's thirtieth anniversary, includes a…

  • Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind by James E Person
    • 0/5 Stars

    When people look to the founding of the modern conservative movement, they must ultimately look to Russell Kirk (1918–1994). Author of the groundbreaking treatise The Conservative Mind, Kirk defined conservative political thought for the post-World War II era. An imaginative…

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  • The History of Conservative Thought
    by William English
    Introduction The aim of this seminar is to develop a historical understanding of the evolution of ideas and conflicts within "conservative" circles of political thought with an eye towards critically evaluating their present relevance to contemporary politics and social analysis.…

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