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May 13, 2008 · Perlstein is also the author of the books Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (2001) and Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008).
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The author frames the divisions of the 1960s as between the "Franklins" and the "Orthogonians", names taken from two social clubs at Nixon's alma mater of Whittier College; the Franklins were the privileged elite, and the Orthogonians the social strivers.
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Apr 14, 2009 · Rick Perlstein’s bestselling account of how the Nixon era laid the groundwork for the political divide that marks our country today. Told with vivid urgency and sharp political insight,...
May 18, 2009 · The author shows us what the US was like in the early 60's and how the changes started to affect the country after the 1964 election resulting in the awakening of the Silent Majority. What is very evident is the supreme political skill of Richard Nixon as he knew what was needed to get back into power and he ruthlessly pursued his goals.
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Mar 21, 2018 · Historian and journalist Rick Perlstein’s widely-praised “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” was published in 2008. His first book "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus" explores American culture in the 1960s.
Apr 14, 2009 · Nixonland. : Rick Perlstein. Scribner, Apr 14, 2009 - History - 896 pages. Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and...
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Aug 21, 2008 · Rick Perlstein's book, Nixonland, combines an evocative trip through the 1960s and early 1970s with an assessment of the impact of Richard Nixon's political career. Perlstein argues that many...
