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Author: Thomas Frank
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.60w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780805077742
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 105 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
New York Times 05/22/2005 pg. 32
Christian Century 03/08/2005 pg. 42
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America -- Thomas Frank, Paperback
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The New York Times bestseller, praised as hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests -(Molly Ivins) Hailed as dazzlingly insightful and wonderfully sardonic (Chicago Tribune), very funny and very painful (San Francisco Chronicle), and in a different league from most political books (The New York Observer), What's the Matter with Kansas? unravels the great political mystery of our day: Why do so many Americans vote against their economic and social interests? With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank answers the riddle by examining his home state, Kansas-a place once famous for its radicalism that now ranks among the nation's most eager participants in the culture wars. Charting what he calls the thirty-year backlash-the popular revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment-Frank reveals how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans. A brilliant analysis-and funny to boot-What's the Matter with Kansas? is a vivid portrait of an upside-down world where blue-collar patriots recite the Pledge while they strangle their life chances; where small farmers cast their votes for a Wall Street order that will eventually push them off their land; and where a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs has managed to convince the country that it speaks on behalf of the People.Author: Thomas Frank
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.60w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780805077742
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 105 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended
New York Times 05/22/2005 pg. 32
Christian Century 03/08/2005 pg. 42
About the Author
Thomas Frank is the author of Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, What's the Matter with Kansas?, and One Market Under God. A former opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and a monthly columnist for Harper's. He lives outside Washington, D.C.
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