Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right

Rodney P.Carlisle

doi:10.4135/9781412952408

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Rodney P. Carlisle Ph.D.
In:Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952408
Subject:General Politics & International Relations, Political Science (general)

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RONALD REAGAN ENTERED politics after a long and successful career as a film and television actor. He would be a famous man even if he had never been elected president. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6, 1911, the younger of the two sons of John E. Reagan and Nelle Clyde (Wilson) Reagan. Reagan graduated from Dixon (Illinois) High School in 1928 and went to Eureka College, putting himself through by washing dishes at the women's dormitory, and graduating in 1932 with a degree in sociology and economics. He went to work as a sports announcer for an Iowa radio station, and it was at this time that he honed the storytelling skills that earned him as president the nickname “the ...

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  Carlisle, R. P. (2005). Reagan, ronald (1911–2004). In Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right (Vol. 2, pp. 833-835). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952408
  
  Carlisle, Rodney P. "Reagan, Ronald (1911–2004)." In Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right, edited by Carlisle, Rodney P., 833-35. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952408.
  
  Carlisle, R. P. 2005. Reagan, Ronald (1911–2004). In: Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right. Rodney P. Carlisle Editor, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 833-835 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952408> [Accessed 5 Dec 2023].
  
  Carlisle, Rodney P. "Reagan, Ronald (1911–2004)." Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right. Edited by Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005, pp. 833-35. Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952408.
  
  Carlisle, Rodney P.. Reagan, ronald (1911–2004). In Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right: Volume 1: The Left and Volume 2: The Right. Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2005: 833-835. doi:10.4135/9781412952408
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