Bibliograph

The age of acquiescence, the life and death of American resistance to organized wealth and power, Steve Fraser

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The age of acquiescence, the life and death of American resistance to organized wealth and power, Steve Fraser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The age of acquiescence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881140722

Responsibility statement

Steve Fraser

Sub title

the life and death of American resistance to organized wealth and power

Summary

"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." --, Provided by publisher

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