Reaching out to the American middle class: Peggy Noonan’s conservatism

Since the 1990s, Peggy Noonan’s writings have translated conservative ideas into articles and bestselling books for the wider American public. In a less abrasive way than Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, she expresses the hopes and fears of the Reagan Democrats. This article analyzes Noonan’s ambivalen...

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Main Author: Luc BENOIT A LA GUILLAUME
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2008-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/146
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