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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the worst of times... but we've been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polarized, and deeply fragmented, just as it is today. As the twentieth century opened, America became more egalitarian, more cooperative, more generous; a society on the upswing, more focused on our responsibilities to one another and less focused on our narrower self-interest. Sometime during...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 191 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Why is our society in the fix it is in? Is it all Donald Trump's fault? Well, no. As often observed, Trump is a symptom of a virus has been incubating for at least 50 years and maybe 150. But not often observed is where the virus is imbedded: in the psychic core of identity. This book explores the primacy of identity in American society and makes the argument that hyper-polarization was not only predictable but inevitable, based on such unlikely...
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 195 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Nation senior editor and founder of Jacobin draw on the perspectives of 10 leading cultural and political critics to outline provocative alternatives to American equality, proposing ideas in the areas of a Wall Street-free economy, limited work hours and new definitions of feminism, "--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"America is awash with conspiracy theories, and the shared view of reality we once took for granted has been permanently shattered. Jonathan Kay uses the 9/11 Truth movement as a springboard to examine this fragmented national mindset"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
viii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eitan Hersh shows us a way toward more effective political participation. Aided by political theory, history, cutting-edge social science, as well as remarkable stories of ordinary citizens who got off their couches and took political power seriously, this book shows us how to channel our energy away from political hobbyism and toward empowering our values."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Today "populism" is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But the real story of populism is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all. Taking us from the tumultuous 1890s, when the radical left-wing Populist Party fought Gilded Age plutocrats to the reformers' great triumphs under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman,...
Author
Publisher
All Points Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics is sure to educate and entertain anyone who has felt the strain of ideological differences in their personal life. No matter which side of the fence you're on, Dr. Safer offers frank, practical advice for salvaging and strengthening your bonds with your loved ones. This book is required reading for any politically minded friend, relative, or significant other in the Trump era.
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xii, 327 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Argues that the new generation of youth, the Millennials, are transforming areas of American politics and culture, including education, entertainment, labor, and business, and explains how this shift will affect America's international relations.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The new American elites [are] a group whose power and wealth has grown beyond imagination, even as the rest of the country has withered. The people who run America now barely interact with it. They fly on their own planes, ski on their own mountains, watch sporting events far from the stands in sky boxes. ... 'They view America the way a private equity firm sizes up an aging conglomerate,' Carlson writes, 'as something outdated they can profit from....
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
vii, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A renowned historian traces the genealogy of the "limousine liberal, " the enemy that has animated right-wing populism for nearly a century No political metaphor in recent American history has enjoyed the impact of the limousine liberal. Taking aim at what many consider the hypocrisy of wealthy liberals who champion the cause of the poor but who have no intention of bearing the costs of doing anything about their plight, it has mobilized an enduring...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories to portray the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries--and continue to do so today. RUSSIANS explores the seeming paradoxes of life in Russia by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West? Using the insights...
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