Nelson Rockefeller's dilemma : the fight to save moderate Republicanism / Marsha E. Barrett.

Title:

ISBN:

9781501776236

Personal Author:

Barrett, Marsha E., 1983-

Publication Information:

Ithaca, New York : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.

Physical Description:

xii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction: Nelson Rockefeller and the reorientation of twentieth-century US politics -- New York's shaky liberal racial consensus -- The Life of the party -- Limited victories and harmful concessions -- A fruitless defense -- The denunciation of Rockefeller Republicanism -- Law and order as "enlightened liberalism" -- Rockefeller Republicanism's last gasp -- The twilight of Rockefeller-era New York -- Rockefeller unmoored.

Summary:

"A history of the political career of Nelson Rockefeller, New York Governor (1959-1973) and Vice President under Gerald Ford (1974-1977), that examines his relationship with the Republican Party and the civil rights movement as a racially liberal moderate Republican"-- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject:

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979-Political activity.

Corporate Subject:

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century

Subject Term:

Conservatism--United States -- History 20th century

Conservatives--United States -- History 20th century.

Civil rights movements--United States -- History 20th century

Governors--New York (State) -- Biography

Vice-presidents--United States -- Biography

Genre:

Biographies