What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Thomas Frank
(Author)
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With a New Afterword by the Author
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.Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Publish Date
May 01, 2005
Pages
336
Dimensions
5.6 X 8.26 X 0.97 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780805077742
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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.
Reviews
"The best political book of the year." --Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
"Frank is a formidable controversialist-imagine Michael Moore with a trained brain and an intellectual conscience." --George F. Will, The Washington Post "Brilliant." --Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times "Mr. Frank re-injects economic-class issues into the debate with sardonic vehemence." --Jerome Weeks, The Dallas Morning News "A searing piece of work . . . one of the most important political writings in years." --The Boston Globe "Dazzlingly insightful and wonderfully sardonic . . . Frank has made much sense of the world in this book." --Chicago Tribune "Impassioned, compelling . . . Frank's books mark him as one of the most insightful thinkers of the twenty-first century, four years into it." --Houston Chronicle "Very funny and very painful . . . Add another literary gold star after Thomas Frank's name." --San Francisco Chronicle