Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan

by Kim Phillips-Fein

Book Overview

Invisible Hands tells the story of how a small group of American businessmen succeeded in building a political movement. Long before the "culture wars" of the 1960s sparked the Republican backlash against cultural liberalism, these high-powered individuals actively resisted New Deal economics and sought to educate and organize their peers. Kim Phillips-Fein recounts the little-known efforts of men such as W. C. Mullendore, Leonard Read, and Jasper...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393059308
• ISBN13: 9780393059304
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"