A Uniquely Personal Yet Deeply Informed Exploration Of The Hidden History Of Class In American Life From The Decks Of The Mayflower Straight Through To Donald Trump's American Carnage, Class Has Always Played A Role In American Life. In This Remarkable Work, Steve Fraser Twines Our Nation's Past With His Own Family's History, Deftly Illustrating How Class Matters Precisely Because Americans Work So Hard To Pretend It Doesn't. He Examines Six Signposts Of American History-the Settlements At Plymouth And Jamestown; The Ratification Of The Constitution; The Statue Of Liberty; The Cowboy; The Kitchen Debate Between Richard Nixon And Nikita Khrushchev; And Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech-to Explore Just How Pervasively Class Has Shaped Our National Conversation. With A Historian's Intellectual Command And A Riveting Narrative Voice, Fraser Interweaves These Examples With His Own Past-including His False Arrest On Charges Of Planning To Blow Up The Liberty Bell During The Civil Rights Era-to Tell A Story Both Urgent And Timeless. Introduction: The Enigma Of Class In America -- East Of Eden -- We The People In The City Of Brotherly Love -- Wretched Refuse -- There Was A Young Cowboy : Homeless On The Range -- John Smith Visits Suburbia -- Free At Last? : I Have A Dream And Involuntary Serviture -- The Homeland. Steve Fraser. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 257-268) And Index.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Politics & Government
- Specific Topics
- Income Inequality
- Specific Topics
- Politics & Government
Publisher : Yale University Press
Author : Fraser, Steve
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2018-03-20
Number Of Pages : 304
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0300221509
ISBN-13 : 9780300221503
Item weight : 1.1 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.91 in x 8.5 in
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