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Item Details
Title:
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WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH AMERICA?
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By: |
Thomas Frank |
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Paperback |
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£12.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0436205394 |
ISBN 13: |
9780436205392 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 September, 2004 |
Pages: |
320 |
Description: |
With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank here turns his eye on what he calls the 'thirty-year backlash' - the common man's revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. |
Synopsis: |
With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank here turns his eye on what he calls 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 bluecollar 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 and, writing as a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: why do so many of us vote against our 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 - lavishly attributed to the current occupant of the White House - above hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis, and funny to boot, What's the Matter with America? - published in advance of the US Presidential elections - presents a critical assessment of the state of America today, while telling |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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