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The Traditionalist Movement That Is Sweeping Grass-Roots America

by Burton Yale Pines

ISBN: 0688011179
ISBN-13: 9780688011178
Format: Hardcover

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Publisher: Smithmark Pub
Published date: 1982

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Details the activities and successes of New Right individuals and organizations that are seeking to reestablish traditional ways, means, and values in the fields of religion, the family, education, business, government, and law and order.

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