The Education of Ronald Reagan : The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism.
Based on a newly discovered collection of private papers as well as interviews and corporate documents, Thomas W. Evans links the eight years (1954-1962) in which Reagan worked for General Electric-acting as host of its television program, GE Theater, and traveling the country as the company's...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, 2006. |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A New Dealer to the Core
- 2. Politics: War by Different Means
- Part I. A Postgraduate Course in Political Science
- 3. Boulwarism
- 4. The Plant Tour
- 5. Schools, Classes, and Trains
- Part II. An Apprenticeship for Public Life
- 6. The Campaign
- 7. Allies
- 8. The Speech
- 9. Two Unions
- 10. The Art of Negotiation
- Part III. To Encourage an Increasing Majority of Citizens
- 11. The Campaign Continues
- 12. The Presidential Bug
- 13. A President's Vision
- Appendix
- Speeches
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index