Culture Wars: The Struggle To Define America

by James Davison Hunter

Other authorsJanet Halverson (Cover designer)
Paperback, 1992

Status

Available

Call number

E169 .H77

Publication

Basic Books (New York, 1992). 432 pages.

Description

A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture.

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LibraryThing member AlexTheHunn
This book examines the rift between liberal and conservative America, focusing on how attitudes became so polarized. This work locates the origins of the divide in the years following Nixon when conservatives felt particularly isolated and abandoned. Abortion, gay rights, ERA were the hot buttons
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Awards

LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — 1992)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1991

Physical description

416, xiii p.; 4.96 inches

ISBN

0465015344 / 9780465015344
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