| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) |
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Routledge historical Americans |
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Routledge historical Americans.
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| Contents |
Part I. Ronald Reagan -- A place to go back to -- Hollywood liberal -- The liberal becomes conservative -- Governor Reagan -- Running for president, 1976-1980 -- President Reagan, 1981: Learning a new role -- President Reagan, 1982-1984: recession to re-election -- President Reagan, 1985-1989: "We win, they lose" -- Ronald reagan's legacy -- Part II. Documents |
| Summary |
Few politicians in recent American history are as well-known as Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president. An iconic leader, Reagan shifted the direction of American politics toward a newly vigorous conservatism. Though he began his career as a New Deal liberal, by the end of the 1950s, Reagan had embraced conservative views. His presidency saw the longest peacetime prosperity in American history, as well as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, but also skyrocketing deficits and the Iran-Contra scandal. In the twenty-first century, Reagan's legacy is both pervasive and contest |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Reagan, Ronald
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Reagan, Ronald fast |
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Reagan, Ronald 1911-2004 gnd |
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Reagan, Ronald, (1911-2004) -- Biographies. ram |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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Presidenter.
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Politiska förhållanden -- historia.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140475
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United States
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1981-1989.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136174537 |
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1136174532 |
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9780203081563 |
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0203081560 |
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