Tea Party Patriots

Author : Mark Meckler,Jenny Beth Martin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781429942690

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Tea Party Patriots by Mark Meckler,Jenny Beth Martin Pdf

The definitive history of one of the most radical, revolutionary movements the country has ever seen, from those who started it all In 2009, an unemployed mother of two and a politically inexperienced northern California attorney met on a conference call that would end up starting one of the largest grassroots political organizations in American history, the Tea Party Patriots. Fueled by the fires of passion and patriotism, Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin have become the faces of the most powerful political movement in the country, empowering their more than twenty million members by using both high-tech advances and the time-tested American tradition of rallying in public. Promoting the basic principles of the Tea Party Movement—free market, limited government, and fiscal responsiblity—the Tea Party Patriots have become the largest tea party organization in the world. With unparalleled access to the inner workings of the movement, Meckler and Martin hope to explain how the Tea Party came to be, what it is and is not, and perhaps most important, provide the first comprehensive, forward-looking document outlining a plan to restore America to its prior greatness. Never before has there been such an audience for this material. Americans of all political stripes have been waiting for a thorough and informative account of this movement. Straight from the co-founders themselves, Tea Party Patriots promises to be the definitive source for a political revolution.

Author : Benjamin L. Carp
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300168457

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Defiance of the Patriots by Benjamin L. Carp Pdf

This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party-exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together-from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure-Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past.

Author : Theda Skocpol,Vanessa Williamson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190633660

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The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism by Theda Skocpol,Vanessa Williamson Pdf

In this penetrating new study, Skocpol of Harvard University, one of today's leading political scientists, and co-author Williamson go beyond the inevitable photos of protesters in tricorn hats and knee breeches to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising.

Author : Melissa Deckman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479891023

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Tea Party Women by Melissa Deckman Pdf

Examines the significant role of women in the conservative movement Notable for its radical conservative views, the Tea Party is progressive in one way that much of mainstream US politics is not: it has among its most vocal members not spokesmen but spokeswomen. Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Governor Nikki Haley, US Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and many others are all prominent figureheads for the fiery and prominent political movement. Many major Tea Party organizations, such as the Tea Party Patriots, are led by women and women have been instrumental in founding new right wing organizations for women, such as Smart Girl Politics, with ties to the movement. In Tea Party Women, Melissa Deckman explores the role of women in creating and leading the movement and the greater significance of women’s involvement in the Tea Party for our understanding of female political leadership and the future of women in the American Right. Through national-level public opinion data, observation at Tea Party rallies, and interviews with female Tea Party leaders, Deckman demonstrates that many Tea Party women find the grassroots, decentralized nature of the movement to be more inclusive for them than mainstream Republican politics. She lays out the ways in which these women gain traction by recasting conservative political issues such as the deficit and gun control as issues affecting families, and how they rely on traditional gender roles as mothers and homemakers to underscore their particular expertise in understanding these issues. Furthermore, she examines how many Tea Party women claim to write off traditional feminist issues like reproductive rights and gender discrimination as distracting from the real issues affecting women, such as economic policies, and how some even reclaim the mantel of ‘feminism’ as signifying freedom and independence from government overreach—tactics that have over time been adopted by mainstream Republicans. Whether the Tea Party terrifies or fascinates you, Tea Party Women provides a behind-the-scenes look at the women behind an enduring and influential faction in American politics.

Author : Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780306819766

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American Tempest by Harlow Giles Unger Pdf

On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many dressed as Indians, dumped roughly £10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two-and-a-half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities as tea parties erupted up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of their homes and property, and nearly 100,000 left forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of "magnificent," saying that "it must have important consequences." Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence--the spawning of a new, independent nation.

Author : Charly Gullett
Publisher : Warfield Press, LLC
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political participation
ISBN : 0984155929

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Official Tea Party Handbook by Charly Gullett Pdf

Author : John W. Tyler
Publisher : Colonial Society of Massach
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010863358

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Smugglers & Patriots by John W. Tyler Pdf

Author : Ruth Braunstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520293649

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Prophets and Patriots by Ruth Braunstein Pdf

Introduction -- Becoming active citizens -- Narratives of active citizenship -- Putting faith in action -- Holding government accountable -- Styles of active citizenship -- Conclusion

Author : Robert N. Webb
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486492605

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We Were There at the Boston Tea Party by Robert N. Webb Pdf

"New England is ripe for revolution in the fall of 1773, and a brother and sister carry secret messages to Sam Adams, Paul Revere, and other patriots"--

Author : Christopher S. Parker,Matthew Barreto
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400852314

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Change They Can't Believe In by Christopher S. Parker,Matthew Barreto Pdf

How the political beliefs of Tea Party supporters are connected to far-right social movements Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Barack Obama as their president because he's not white? Change They Can’t Believe In offers an alternative argument—that the Tea Party is driven by the reemergence of a reactionary movement in American politics that is fueled by a fear that America has changed for the worse. Providing a range of original evidence and rich portraits of party sympathizers as well as activists, Christopher Parker and Matt Barreto show that the perception that America is in danger directly informs how Tea Party supporters think and act. In a new afterword, Parker and Barreto reflect on the Tea Party’s recent initiatives, including the 2013 government shutdown, and evaluate their prospects for the 2016 election.

Author : Joseph Cummins
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594745621

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Ten Tea Parties by Joseph Cummins Pdf

Everyone knows the story of the Boston Tea Party—in which colonists stormed three British ships and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. But do you know the history of the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the York, Maine, Tea Party (September 1774) or the Wilmington, North Carolina, Tea Party (March 1775)? Ten Tea Parties is the first book to chronicle all these uniquely American protests. Author and historian Joseph Cummins begins with the history of the East India Company (the biggest global corporation in the eighteenth century) and their staggering financial losses during the Boston Tea Party (more than a million dollars in today’s money). From there we travel to Philadelphia, where Captain Samuel Ayres was nearly tarred and feathered by a mob of 8,000 angry patriots. Then we set sail for New York City, where the Sons of Liberty raided the London and heaved 18 chests of tea into the Hudson River. Still later, in Annapolis, Maryland, a brigantine carrying 2,320 pounds of the “wretched weed” was burned to ashes. Together, the stories in Ten Tea Parties illuminate the power of Americans banding together as Americans—for the very first time in the fledgling nation’s history. It’s no wonder these patriots remain an inspiration to so many people today.

Author : Rand Paul
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781455502868

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The Tea Party Goes to Washington by Rand Paul Pdf

If the midterm elections were a declaration of war on the status quo, Rand Paul leads the battle charge. Voters fearful of growing government and debt have found voice in the Tea Party phenomenon and the movement continues to deliver a message that Washington, D.C. has found impossible to ignore. In THE TEA PARTY GOES TO WASHINGTON, the newly elected senator and self-described "constitutional conservative" explains why his party has to stand by its limited government rhetoric and why the federal government must be stuffed back into its constitutional box. Given the problems our nation faces, these are not mere suggestions, but moral imperatives. Rand Paul and those who voted for him want to stop borrowing, end the bailouts, and entitlements and the spending. In THE TEA PARTY GOES TO WASHINGTON you'll learn: The history of the Tea Party and why it isn't "extreme" How both parties operate outside the Constitution Rand's plan for a balanced budget Why the Tea Party will endure Now is the time to get America back on track-- this is the moment of the new revolution that will take us back to our grass roots, to the country of our founding fathers. It's a new day in Washington-- as the Tea Party graduates from populist outrage to political influence, Rand Paul stands poised to become one of its greatest champions.

Author : Robert Draper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451642087

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Do Not Ask What Good We Do by Robert Draper Pdf

Provides a close examination of the final two years of the Bush Presidency in a revealing and riveting look at the new House of Representatives, elected in the history-making 2010 midterm elections.

Author : James M. Volo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216055563

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The Boston Tea Party by James M. Volo Pdf

This riveting overview of the Boston Tea Party examines the significance of the events that took place before, during, and after the incident and examines the historical, political, and sociological impact on America today. The Boston Tea Party has been a source of inspiration to the millions of Americans who currently identify with today's Tea Party Patriots.This fascinating book offers insights into how this historical event prompted the creation of a democratic republic and discusses the resulting influence on modern political views. The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution presents the chronology of events that led to America's first political insurgency. The author provides an in-depth analysis of the early grassroots movement of the 18th century to the current Tea Party Patriots, separating the facts from the propaganda, and the politics from the policies. The book includes original excerpts from the pre-revolutionary period, along with helpful maps and contemporary illustrations to lend context to the events.

Author : Scott Rasmussen,Douglas Schoen
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780062016720

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Mad As Hell by Scott Rasmussen,Douglas Schoen Pdf

Today’s raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. In Mad as Hell, political pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen discuss how the Tea Party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system and what it means for the future of American politics. For political junkies of every stripe—from both the left and the right side of the aisle—Mad as Hell is mandatory reading.