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050	1	4	_a002 E 839 _bJ52d 2006
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100	1		_aJenkins, Philip, _d1952-
245	1	0	_aDecade of nightmares : _bthe end of the sixties and the making of eighties America / _cPhilip Jenkins.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2006
300			_a344 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	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.
520			_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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1969-
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1961-1969.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1945-1989.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1945-
650		0	_aSocial problems _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCulture conflict _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aConservatism _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _y1969-
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _y1961-1969.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _y1945-1989.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xCondiciones sociales _y1945-
650		4	_aCultura popular _zEstados Unidos.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020159.html
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