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Abstract: Abstract: This work covers three specific groups that operated in
the Southland region of Southern California from 1964-67. The three groups were the Network
of Patriotic Letter Writers, the John Birch Society, and most importantly, the California
Republican Assembly. The thesis of this work is that these groups exerted an enormous
influence on both California and national politics ... read moreduring this period by simultaneously
promoting an agenda of anti-statist policies coupled with traditional values. In doing so,
they laid the groundwork for the `Reagan Revolution' and completely altered the
conversation surrounding conservatism in this country, shifting it from a set of abstract
intellectual principles to a more easily digestible set of beliefs for with more of a
populist tinge.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of History.
Advisor: David Ekbladh.
Committee: Peniel Joseph, and James Glaser.
Keywords: History, and Social sciences education.read less
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