The Resource Reagan : the life, H.W. Brands
Reagan : the life, H.W. Brands
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- Summary
- "Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the twentieth century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands's telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era. Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild, before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 805 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Contents
-
- Prairie Idyll: 1911-1934
- The Golden West: 1935-1962
- A Time for Choosing: 1962-1980
- Heroic Dreams: 1980-1983
- A Worthy Adversary: 1984-1986
- The Frosty Iceland Air: 1986-1988
- A Ranch in the Sky: 1989-2004
- Isbn
- 9780385536394
- Link
- 9780385536394.jpg
- Label
- Reagan : the life
- Title
- Reagan
- Title remainder
- the life
- Statement of responsibility
- H.W. Brands
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Biographies
- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Political science
- Presidents
- 1981 - 1989
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan, Ronald
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the twentieth century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands's telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era. Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild, before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brands, H. W
- Dewey number
-
- 973.927092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E877
- LC item number
- .B73 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Reagan, Ronald
- Presidents
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Reagan, Ronald
- Political science
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- Reagan : the life, H.W. Brands
- Link
- 9780385536394.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prairie Idyll: 1911-1934 -- The Golden West: 1935-1962 -- A Time for Choosing: 1962-1980 -- Heroic Dreams: 1980-1983 -- A Worthy Adversary: 1984-1986 -- The Frosty Iceland Air: 1986-1988 -- A Ranch in the Sky: 1989-2004
- Control code
- 1591919
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 805 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780385536394
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2014038054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1591919
- (OCoLC)893721584
- Label
- Reagan : the life, H.W. Brands
- Link
- 9780385536394.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prairie Idyll: 1911-1934 -- The Golden West: 1935-1962 -- A Time for Choosing: 1962-1980 -- Heroic Dreams: 1980-1983 -- A Worthy Adversary: 1984-1986 -- The Frosty Iceland Air: 1986-1988 -- A Ranch in the Sky: 1989-2004
- Control code
- 1591919
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 805 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780385536394
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2014038054
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1591919
- (OCoLC)893721584
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Biographies
- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Political science
- Presidents
- 1981 - 1989
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan, Ronald
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
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