The Twilight of Social Conservatism: American Culture Wars in the Obama Era

by John Dombrink

Book Overview

Despite many Americans' triumphant proclamations that Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 elections signified a post-partisan, post-racial society, it seems that the United States is more divided than ever. From the rise of the Tea Party, to strident anti-immigration and anti-welfare movements, to the so-called "war on women", the United States on its surface appears to be caught in the turmoil of a culture war that has not relented since the Reagan era...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081479517X
• ISBN13: 9780814795170
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"