Speaking for whom? The 1971 Festival of light and the search for the 'silent majority'

Contemporary British History

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-339

  Whipple, Amy C ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Evangelical Christianity; Festival of Light

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956253032     PISSN: 13619462     EISSN: 17437997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2010.497254     Document Type: Article

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