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This 4 page paper looks at this book on Orange County's conservative movement that began in the 1960s. The paper focuses on the main point of the book. Some direct quotes from the work are included. No additional sources cited.
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course the rise of conservatism. It is something of a sociological inquiry into how from the days of Haight Ashbury, and from a very liberal state, rose this significant conservative
group. Of course, this group is representative of the trend of conservatism that exists in the nation, but clearly is not by any means indicative of a general theme. The
people included in the book are real and unique. California is also a unique place. Yet, people look at the nation now and wonder how the conservative movement had gotten
so big. Through an examination of one place and time, the author provides a sense of what happened and why. McGirr (2002) puts it this way: " A revitalized and
militant Right-fueled by a politics of antistatism, virulent anticommunism, and strict normative conservatism-burst onto the scene nationally in the early 1960s, and nowhere more forcefully than Orange County" (2002, p.21).
McGirr (2002) provides data on the different types of people who were around at the time. They were the PTA ladies, the men who were fed up with the ordinary
political milieu and just average people who wanted to promote good, old fashioned values. From the 1960s emerged not only a new way to look at things, but there were
many people who longed for a return to what was. They took on issues such as birth control and abortion for example. It is important to note that during this
time period, abortion rights was paramount. By the time 1969 rolled around, the feminist movement in addition to abortion rights supporters were able to effectively liberalize abortion laws (2002). Interestingly,
in California, Governor Reagan would sign a bill liberalizing abortion, but it really was related to the health of the mother and baby; yet, by signing a particular bill into
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