Episode 7: Rick Perlstein, Reaganland, America's Right Turn 1976-1980

from Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs · host The SDG Academy

Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Rick Perlstein for their discussion of Reaganland. Together they discuss the "Southernization" of American politics, the causes behind U.S. President Ronald Reagan's rise to power in the 1970s, and the way that conservatives’ cutthroat strategies to gain power remain a powerful political force today.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.FootnotesBiography of Barry GoldwaterBefore the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (2001)Biography of Richard NixonNixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008)Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 (2021)Biography of Franklin D. RooseveltBiography of Water CronkiteBiography of Walter LippmannNew DealThe End of IdeologyBiography of Daniel BellBiography Lyndon B. JohnsonCivil Rights Act of 1964Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower Biography of Richard RothsteinMason-Dixon LineBrown v. Board of EducationBiography of Storm ThurmondBiography of Martin Luther King Jr.Housing discrimination in the USABiography of Ronald Reagan United Nations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Make America great againBiography of Bill ClintonBiography of Barack Obama Biography of George W. BushBiography of of Donald TrumpBiography of Karl Max2021 United States Capitol Attack⭐️ Thanks for listening to Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs!📚 Join the conversation and go deeper into the ideas shaping our world.➡️ Watch the conversation on YouTube ➡️ Subscribe to the newsletter for episode updates, readings, and behind-the-scenes insights: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Explore past episodes, show notes, and featured books: https://bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org🎧 Download and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode.📣 Love the show? Leave a rating and review - it helps more listeners find the podcast.🔁 Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or book club who’d enjoy the discussion!

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