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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393066827
ISBN-139780393066821
eBay Product ID (ePID)78704040
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrom Bibles Belt to Sunbelt : Plain-Folk Religion Grassroots Politics and the Rise of Evangeli
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicEmigration & Immigration, United States / 21st Century, History, Customs & Traditions, Religion, Politics & State, American Government / State
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Political Science, Social Science, History
AuthorDarren Dochuk
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight32.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-032740
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsWith narrative authority and sparkling insight, Darren Dochuk explains how and why Southern California became the crucible of the Christian Right. Anyone who wants to understand the history of modern American conservatism should read this book., Darren Dochuk has painted a vista from which unfolds the creation of Reagan's nation, as the California dreams of Southern evangelicals become the American dreams of Sunbelt conservatives. Through the guiding telescope of Dochuk's prose, we meet a fascinating cast of characters destined to be staples in future tellings of this important story. This much anticipated book is well worth the wait., Darren Dochuk's fortunate readers are in for some surprises as well as for enlightenment. The story of the Dust Bowl and the migration to southern California during the Great Depression, usually told through the left-wing tale of Tom Joad, turns out to be prologue to the rise of a vital segment of the modern Christian Right. From Bible Belt to Sunbelt is an essential contribution to our growing understanding of the origins and development of contemporary American conservatism., The nation is today color-coded into red and blue. In this tour de force of research, narrative, and analysis, a brilliant young historian chronicles how Southern California served as the matrix for this enduring bifurcation. Beneath the sunshine and the palm trees, uprooted evangelicals experienced a Great Awakening that transformed American politics in our era.
Dewey Decimal277.94/9082
SynopsisFrom Bible Belt to Sun Belt tells the dramatic and largely unknown story of "plain-folk" religious migrants: hardworking men and women from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who fled the Depression and came to California for military jobs during World War II. Investigating this fiercely pious community at a grassroots level, Darren Dochuk uses the stories of religious leaders, including Billy Graham, as well as many colorful, lesser-known figures to explain how evangelicals organized a powerful political machine. This machine made its mark with Barry Goldwater, inspired Richard Nixon's "Southern Solution," and achieved its greatest triumph with the victories of Ronald Reagan. Based on entirely new research, the manuscript has already won the prestigious Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians. The judges wrote, "Dochuk offers a rich and multidimensional perspective on the origins of one of the most far-ranging developments of the second half of the twentieth century: the rise of the New Right and modern conservatism.", A sweeping, five-decade history of the evangelical movement in southern California that explains an epochal realignment of American politics.
LC Classification NumberBR555.C2D63 2011
