| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages). |
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text file |
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Ideas Explained Series ; volume 12
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Ideas explained series ; 12.
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
The Tea Party showed its strength in the 2010 mid-terms. Despite the opposition of leading Republicans like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Lindsey Graham, 140 Tea Party candidates ran for Congress. Of the sixty House seats which moved from Democratic to Republican control, twenty-eight were won by Tea Party candidates. At the movement's height, 29 percent of Americans had?some ties" to the Tea Party, while 2 percent identified themselves as active members. The Tea Party first attracted the media spotlight with Rick Santelli's televised rant against the government's bailout of mortgage bo. |
| Contents |
Preface; 1. Two Elections; 2. How the Tea Party Began; 3. A Big Government Power Grab Energizes the Tea Party; 4. The Tea Party Landscape; 5. God and War; 6. The Tenth Amendment Movement; 7. The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street; 8. Battling the Beast; Epilogue: The Future of the Tea Party; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tea Party movement.
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Tea Party movement. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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War -- Causes. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Skaskiw, Roman, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maltsev, Yuri. Tea Party Explained. New York : Open Court, ©2013 9780812698312 |
| ISBN |
9780812698381 (electronic book) |
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081269838X (electronic book) |
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9780812698312 |
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