The Limousine Liberal
How an Incendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4154713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lily Geismer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 277-278 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jax144 |
| OpenAlex | W2654422198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In Limousine Liberal Steve Fraser returns to the topic of the New Deal and its legacy, which, in 1989, had sparked his seminal co-edited volume The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order. Fraser's focus here, however, is not on liberalism. Instead, he uses the epithet “limousine liberal” as a means to explore populist politics of resentment cultivated by right-wing populism. He provides fresh insight into the forces and ideas that fueled the rise of the New Right. This engaging book is clearly intended for a popular audience. From the 1925 John T. Scopes trial, Fr. Charles Coughlin, and Barry Goldwater and his Orange County shock troops to George Wallace, South Boston antibusers, and Phyllis Schlafly, Fraser's examples will be familiar to scholars versed in the rich historiography of modern conservatism. Yet he shows how the label provides a unique way to synthesize the history of the Right and of twentieth-century political history into a succinct and coherent narrative
Art · Conservatism · Economic history · Epithet · Liberalism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Populism · Resentment · Classics · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |