Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

Nicole Hemmer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Messengers of the Right

Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

Nicole Hemmer

In the series Politics and Culture in Modern America

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293074

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About this book

Messengers of the Right tells the story of the media activists who built the American conservative movement and transformed it into one of the most significant and successful movements of the twentieth century—and in the process remade the Republican Party and the American media landscape.

Author / Editor information

Nicole Hemmer is Assistant Professor of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. She is also a U.S. News and World Report contributing editor.

Reviews

"Read Nicole Hemmer's superb new book, and you'll never see 'liberal mainstream media' in the same way again. With rigorous research and sparkling prose, Messengers of the Right tells the fascinating stories of the people whose core convictions and communications artistry helped create modern conservatism. This is political history—and American history—at its finest."—Margaret O'Mara, University of Washington

"In recent decades, American politics has been transformed by the explosion of right-wing media outlets—from Rush Limbaugh and talk radio to Roger Ailes and Fox News to countless publishing imprints, websites, and little magazines. With Messengers of the Right, historian Nicole Hemmer has written the single best book to date about the roots and growth of the ideas and networks underneath it all. Deeply researched, subtly argued, and lucidly and often humorously written, this first-rate work of scholarship instantly joins the must-read list for any student of the history of conservatism, the history of modern media, or indeed the history of the polarized political culture in which we find ourselves today."—David Greenberg, author of Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency

"Nicole Hemmer's well-researched and well-argued book Messengers of the Right . . . [emphasizes] the contributions of three 'media activists' who helped give coherence to the midcentury right: the radio host and political organizer Clarence Manion, the book publisher Henry Regnery, and the longtime National Review publisher William A. Rusher. Hemmer convincingly shows how all three helped pioneer the ideologically charged conservative media of our own time."—New York Review of Books

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part I. Networks
Chapter 1. The Outsiders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. The Outlets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter 3. The Obstacles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Part II. Leaders
Chapter 4. The Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 5. The Millstone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 6. The Muzzle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Part III. Elections
Chapter 7. The Purists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 8. The Partisans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Chapter 9. The Pivot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Part IV. Adaptations
Chapter 10. The Compromise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter 11. The Contraction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Chapter 12. The Comeback Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 9 illus.
Keywords: American History; Political Science; American Studies; Political Science; Public Policy

eBook

Published: August 10, 2016
ISBN: 9780812293074