What's The Matter With America? : The Resistible Rise of the American Right Paperback / softback
by Thomas Frank
Paperback / softback
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With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on the 'thirty-year backlash' - the common man's revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment.
He charts the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests; between workers and bosses; between populists and right-wingers.
Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, Frank describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union.
He also seeks to answer some broader riddles: why do so many Americans vote against their economic and social interests? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism?
Frank reveals the true story, showing how voters have been persuaded to elevate 'values' and down-home qualities above hard questions of policy.
A brilliant analysis, and funny to boot, What's the Matter with America? presents a critical assessment of the state of America today.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:19/04/2011
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- ISBN:9780099565093
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:19/04/2011
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- ISBN:9780099565093