@article{448561,
      author = {Formisano, Ronald P.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/448561},
      title = {The Tea Party : a brief history /},
      publisher = {Johns Hopkins University Press,},
      abstract = {"The Tea Party burst on the national political scene in  2009-2010, powered by right-wing grassroots passion and  Astroturf big money. Its effect on electoral politics and  the political process is undeniable, but the message, aims,  and staying power of the loosely organized groups seem less  clear.  American political historian Ronald P. Formisano  probes the remarkable rise of the Tea Party movement during  a time of economic crisis and cultural change and examines  its powerful impact on American politics. A confederation  of intersecting and overlapping organizations, with a  strong connection to the Christian fundamentalist Right,  the phenomenon could easily be called the Tea Parties. The  American media's fascination with the Tea Party--and the  tendency of political leaders who have embraced the  movement to say and do outlandish things--not only has  fueled the fire driving the movement, but has diverted  attention from its roots, agenda, and the enormous  influence it holds over the Republican Party and the  American political agenda. Looking at the Tea Party's  claims to historical precedent and patriotic values,  Formisano locates its anti-state and libertarian impulses  deep in American political culture as well as in voter  frustrations that have boiled over in recent decades. He  sorts through the disparate goals the movement's different  factions espouse and shows that, ultimately, the  contradictions of Tea Party libertarianism reflect those  ingrained in the broad mass of the electorate."--Publisher  description.},
      recid = {448561},
      pages = {viii, 143 p. ;},
      address = {Baltimore :},
      year = {2012},
}