03039cam a2200397 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000180006502000150008302000180009802000150011604100080013105000260013908200110016510000280017624501050020426000470030930000210035650000200037750502750039752012620067265100340193465100390196865100550200765100440206265000590210665000600216565000560222565000610228165100360234265100410237865100540241965100480247365000370252185600830255812269820230404125820.0160719s2006    nyu     r     001 0 eng d  a9780195178661  a0195178661  a9780195341584  a01953415890 aeng14a002 E 839bJ52d  200600a973.921 aJenkins, Philip,d1952-10aDecade of nightmares :bthe end of the sixties and the making of eighties America /cPhilip Jenkins.  aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2006  a344 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes index.0 aMainstreaming the sixties --  Going too far : Bicentennial America --  Against the grain --  The politics of children : 1977 --  Predators --  Captive America : 1980 --  Into the Reagan era --  Evil empires --  Dark victories --  The abuse epidemic --  Wars without end.  aDrawing on a wide array of sources--including tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television shows--Philip Jenkins argues that a remarkable confluence of panics, scares, and a few genuine threats created a climate of fear that led to the conservative reaction. He identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years. During this time, he says, there was a sharp increase in perceived threats to our security at home and abroad. At home, America seemed to be threatened by monstrous criminals--serial killers, child abusers, Satanic cults, and predatory drug dealers, to name just a few. On the international scene, we were confronted by the Soviet Union and its evil empire, by OPEC with its stranglehold on global oil, by the Ayatollahs who made hostages of our diplomats in Iran. Increasingly, these dangers began to be described in terms of moral evil. Rejecting the radicalism of the '60s, which many saw as the source of the crisis, Americans adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior, which harked back to much older themes in American culture. This simpler but darker vision ultimately brought us Ronald Reagan and the ascendancy of the political Right, which more than two decades later shows no sign of loosening its grip. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryy1969- 0aUnited StatesxHistoryy1961-1969. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1945-1989. 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy1945- 0aSocial problemszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aCulture conflictzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aConservatismzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aPolitical culturezUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 4aEstados UnidosxHistoriay1969- 4aEstados UnidosxHistoriay1961-1969. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy1945-1989. 4aEstados UnidosxCondiciones socialesy1945- 4aCultura popularzEstados Unidos.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020159.html