The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power - Rilegato

Fraser, Steve

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ISBN 10: 0316185434 ISBN 13: 9780316185431

Casa editrice: Little, Brown US, 2015

Riassunto

From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights movement, Americans have long mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. Hierarchies based on inheritance, wealth, and political preferment were treated as obnoxious and a threat to democracy. Mass movements envisioned a new world supplanting dog-eat-dog capitalism. But over the last half-century that political will and cultural imagination have vanished. Why?

THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE seeks to solve that mystery. Steve Fraser's account of national transformation brilliantly examines the rise of American capitalism, the visionary attempts to protect the democratic commonwealth, and the great surrender to today's delusional fables of freedom and the politics of fear. Effervescent and razorsharp, THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE will be one of the most provocative and talked-about books of the year.

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Recensione:

"Provocative....A perceptive reading of the current zeitgeist."―Michael Kazin, Slate

"Fraser offers a sweeping, forcefully argued comparison between, on the one hand, the economy, ideology, and politics of the first Gilded Age and, on the other, the contemporary political scene."―Kim Phillips-Fein, Atlantic

"Sweeping and ambitious....Fraser weaves together a rich tapestry of history, statistics and barely suppressed outrage."―Maura Casey, Washington Post

"Fascinating....As Fraser forcefully shows, during the first Gilded Age American elites were threatened with more than embarrassing statistics."―Naomi Klein, New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)


"Delivered with real verve....Like Marx in the Communist Manifesto and Thomas Piketty's Capital, but from an American perspective, Fraser writes majestically if not almost poetically about the making of capitalism."―Harvey J. Kaye, Daily Beast

"Fraser is particularly passionate and penetrating in his analysis of our present state of submission and surrender. His intention is not just to chronicle the change but to explain why it happened."―Jon Wiener, Los Angeles Times

"A sharp-edged, completely fascinating look at American history and the contemporary politics of the haves and have-nots."―Vanessa Bush, Booklist

"Fraser's work shines as an angry but cogent denouncement of America's growing wealth disparity. Highly recommended."― Library Journal

"An absorbing, vigorous account of class politics....an excellent, very readable recreation of an authentically American form of working-class militancy and its eclipse."―Publishers Weekly

"Fraser leads the reader on a fascinating and relevant journey."―Brian Tanguay, Santa Barbara Independent

Descrizione del libro:

A groundbreaking investigation of how and why, from the 18th century to the present day, American resistance to our ruling elites has vanished.

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• Editore: Little, Brown US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0316185434
• ISBN 13: 9780316185431
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 464