03151cam a2200385 i 4500999001700000003000800017005001700025007000300042008004100045020003000086020002700116035001300143040001800156041000800174042000800182043001200190050002400202082001800226100003000244245008600274260006300360300002600423504005100449505037900500520017600879520127601055610006102331610006302392650005302455651005802508651005802566942001202624946000802636952012102644  c56746d56746BJBSDDR20230410121035.0ta101210s2012    enk      b    001 0 eng    a9781107666146 (paperback)  a1107666147 (paperback)  a16575338  aDLCbengcDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aJK 2356bM411r 201200a324.273409/041 aMason, Robert C., d1970-14aThe Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan /cRobert Mason.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2012  ax, 310 pages ;c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aIntroduction; 1. From old Home Melodies to jazz music: 1928-33; 2. As Maine goes, so goes Vermont: 1933-9; 3. The simple barefoot Wall Street lawyer: 1939-45; 4. Liberty versus socialism: 1945-53; 5. Modern Republicanism: 1953-61; 6. A choice, not an echo: 1960-8; 7. There's a realignment going on: 1968-76; 8. You are witnessing the great realignment: 1977-89; Conclusion.  a"Robert Mason investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status from the Great Depression until the Reagan years"--cProvided by publisher.  a"During a long period of the twentieth century, stretching from the Great Depression until the Reagan years, defeat generally characterized the electoral record of the Republican party. Although Republicans sometimes secured victory in presidential contests, a majority of Americans identified with the Democratic party, not the GOP. This book investigates how Republicans tackled the problem of their party's minority status and why their efforts to boost GOP fortunes usually ended in failure. At the heart of the Republicans' minority puzzle was the profound and persistent popularity of New Deal liberalism. This puzzle was stubbornly resistant to solution. Efforts to develop a Republican version of government activism met little success. The same was true of conservative strategies that stressed a more fundamental rejection of the Democrats' arguments. Technocratic initiatives to improve party organization and communications similarly failed to facilitate an electoral breakthrough. Only the Democratic party's decline eventually created opportunities for Republican resurgence. This book is the first to offer a wide-ranging analysis of the topic, which is of central importance to any understanding of modern U.S. political history"--cProvided by publisher.20aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )xHistoryy20th century.24aPartido republicano (EE.UU. : 1854- )xHistoria ySiglo XX 7aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century2bisacsh. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty20th century. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoySiglo XX92202  2lcccBK  advf  001040708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2023-04-10l0oJK 2356 M411r 2012p00000123250r2018-10-24 00:00:00t1w2018-10-24yBK