The Changing American Mind: How and Why American Public Opinion Changed Between 1960 and 1988

by William G. Mayer

Have Americans become more or less tolerant of racial discrimination? More or less supportive of abortion? Is a new tax revolt underway? Did a "new conservative mood" dominate elections and policy discussions in the early 1980s?

Popular and academic discussions about the past and future of American politics often turn on the question of whether and how public opinion has changed. Yet for all the talk about such matters, observes political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472064983
• ISBN13: 9780472064984
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"