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Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United
States examines the unprecedented mobilization and transformation
of conservative movements on both sides of the Atlantic during a
pivotal period in postwar history. Convinced that 'noisy
minorities' had seized the agenda, conservatives in Western Europe
and the United States began to project themselves under Nixon's
popularized label of the 'silent majority'. The years between the
early 1960s and the late 1970s witnessed the emergence of countless
new political organizations that sought to defend the existing
order against a perceived left-wing threat from the resurgence of a
new, politically organized Christian right to the beginnings of a
radicalized version of neoliberal economic policy. Bringing
together research by leading international scholars, this
ground-breaking volume offers a unique framework for studying the
phenomenon of conservative mobilization in a comparative and
transnational perspective.
This collection brings together new and original critical essays by
eleven established European American Studies scholars to explore
the 1960s from a transatlantic perspective. Intended for an
academic audience interested in globalized American studies, it
examines topics ranging from the impact of the American civil
rights movement in Germany, France and Wales, through the
transatlantic dimensions of feminism and the counterculture
movement. It explores, for example, the vicissitudes of Europe's
status in US foreign relations, European documentaries about the
Vietnam War, transatlantic trends in literature and culture, and
the significance of collective and cultural memory of the era.
Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United
States examines the unprecedented mobilization and transformation
of conservative movements on both sides of the Atlantic during a
pivotal period in postwar history. Convinced that 'noisy
minorities' had seized the agenda, conservatives in Western Europe
and the United States began to project themselves under Nixon's
popularized label of the 'silent majority'. The years between the
early 1960s and the late 1970s witnessed the emergence of countless
new political organizations that sought to defend the existing
order against a perceived left-wing threat from the resurgence of a
new, politically organized Christian right to the beginnings of a
radicalized version of neoliberal economic policy. Bringing
together research by leading international scholars, this
ground-breaking volume offers a unique framework for studying the
phenomenon of conservative mobilization in a comparative and
transnational perspective.
A deft, readable examination of two icons of black resistance "This
book is more than a must- read; it is an essential read if one is
interested in a multidimensional view of two icons in American
History."--Brenda R. Simmons, University of North
Carolina-Charlotte "Waldschmidt-Nelson has written a
myth-shattering account of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
that, without diminishing their differences, illuminates surprising
similarities. Teachers will find this book useful in informing
students how the struggle against white supremacy powerfully
transformed the lives of its participants and the nation."--Steven
Lawson, Rutgers University One man dreamed of a country united in
true racial equality. Another saw this as a nightmare that served
only the interest of wealthy whites. Both were sons of Baptist
ministers. Both grew up to be icons of the civil rights movement.
Integration versus separatism. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
have come to symbolize the two primary strands of black political
thought during the civil rights movement, much as Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had more than a half-century earlier.
As Henry Louis Gates Jr. points out in his foreword, the parallels
and divergences between the two men remain striking.Britta
Waldschmidt-Nelson compares and contrasts these two giants in her
fascinating dual biography. She offers a concise account of their
lives, accomplishments, and challenges. In a crisp, fascinating
narrative, she reveals the interconnectedness of their goals, their
visions, and their legacies. Most provocative, she suggests what
might have been, as their philosophies began to converge, were it
not for a pair of assassins' bullets. Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson is
associate professor of American history and culture at the
University of Munich in Germany. A volume in the series New
Perspectives on the History of the South, edited by John David
Smith
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