Reflection assignment read this article from the new york tim

1. Reflection Assignment
Read this article from the New York Times by Rick Perlstein on
how historians of American conservatism failed to understand
the rise of Trump/
Trumpsim https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/magazine/i-
thought-i-understood-the-american-ri
Answer
What is Rick Perlstein's argument? Drawing from Perlstein,
What are some of the ways that historians have understood
American conservatism? What shaped their understanding? How
did their understanding change? Why (does Perlstein argue) did
they fail to understand the rise of Trumpism?
1-2 pages