Sara Diamond

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Sara Rose Diamond (b. 1958) is an American sociologist and attorney, and the author of four books that "study and expose the agenda and tactics of the American political right wing." (Thomson, Contemporary Authors Online).

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[edit] Biography

After graduating from the University of California at Irvine, Diamond earned a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in sociology. Having conducted research since the early 1980s, her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Right-Wing Movements in the United States, 1945-1992", served as the basis for her second book, Roads to Dominion. The Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley maintains the Sara Diamond Collection on the U.S. Right. For several years Diamond wrote a regular column for Z Magazine. Sara then switched careers and attended law school. She has taught journalism and sociology at several California universities. Diamond currently practices law in California.

[edit] Works

  • Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian Right, South End Press, Boston. 1989.
  • Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States, Guilford Press, New York. 1995. ISBN 0-89862-862-8
  • Facing the Wrath: Confronting the Right in Dangerous Times, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine. 1996.
  • Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right, Guilford Press, New York. 1998. ISBN 1-57230-385-9

[edit] Reviews

  • Booklist, October 15, 1998, Mary Carroll, review of Not by Politics Alone, p. 393.
  • Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 1998, review of Not by Politics Alone.
  • Library Journal, October 15, 1998, Thomas H. Ferrell, review of Not by Politics Alone, p. 84.
  • Nation, April 26, 1999, Abby Scher, "Political Chapter, Bible Verse," p. 30.
  • Publishers Weekly, October 12, 1998, review ofNot by Politics Alone, p. 65.
  • Women's Review of Books, December, 1999, Kathleen M. Blee, "Right Makes Might," pp. 5-6.*

[edit] Sources

  • Self-CV at UC Berkeley
  • Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. [1]
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