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Getting History Right: Conservatism and the Power of the Past in the Long Culture Wars (1992-2010)

Bruno, Adam P
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1228-0161
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556792499617022

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2019, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
This paper explores the power of history in the rhetoric of conservative politicians, historians and media figures during the Long American Culture Wars (1992-2010). Throughout these years, the content of historical rhetoric remained generally consistent and emphasized four essential ideas: the 1960s as a moment of national declension, a national history of neoliberalism, the Christian tradition in America, and general opposition to multiculturalism. Throughout these 18 years, conservative rhetoric grew progressively more hostile in three distinct sub-eras, “The Contract With America” era (1992-2000), the “With Us or Against Us” era (2002-2006), and the “Tea Party” era (2007-2010). The rhetoric of conservative figures demonstrated this paper’s central argument – that history was an essential tool for conservative elites to defend their policies and values, while simultaneously attacking those of their liberal opponents.
Nishani Frazier, PhD (Advisor)
Steven Conn, PhD (Committee Member)
Thomas Misco, PhD (Committee Member)
119 p.
History
Conservatism; Culture Wars; Politics; Republican Party; Talk Radio; Elections; History; Memory; Politics; Media; Academia; Newt Gingrich; Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity; George Bush; John McCain; Rick Santorum

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  • Bruno, A. P. (2019). Getting History Right: Conservatism and the Power of the Past in the Long Culture Wars (1992-2010) [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556792499617022

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bruno, Adam. Getting History Right: Conservatism and the Power of the Past in the Long Culture Wars (1992-2010). 2019. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556792499617022.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bruno, Adam. "Getting History Right: Conservatism and the Power of the Past in the Long Culture Wars (1992-2010)." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556792499617022

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