Class matters, the strange career of an American delusion, Steve Fraser
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Class matters, the strange career of an American delusion, Steve Fraser
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index
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contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Class matters
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1002129765
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Steve Fraser
Sub title
the strange career of an American delusion
Summary
"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 civil rights activism in Mississippi and his false arrest on charges of planning to blow up the Liberty Bell during the anti-war era--to tell a story both urgent and timeless."--, Provided by publisher
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Strange career of an American delusion
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- Social conflict -- United States -- History
- Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- History
- Social classes -- United States -- History
- Protest movements -- United States -- History
- Social psychology -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
- Income distribution -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
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- Social conflict -- United States -- History
- Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- History
- Social classes -- United States -- History
- Protest movements -- United States -- History
- Social psychology -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
- Income distribution -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
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