Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-488) and index
1. Introduction -- 2. Discerning the impact of conservative ideas -- 3. The environmental decade and the conservative backlash, 1970-1980 -- 4. Ronald Reagan brings conservativism to the White House -- 5. Conservative ideas gain ground under George H.W. Bush -- 6. Bill Clinton confronts a conservative Congress -- 7. George W. Bush advances conservatives' antiregulatory agenda -- 8. The consequences of a conservative era
