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Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History - Softcover

Fraser, Steve

 
9781788736701: Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1788736702 ISBN 13: 9781788736701
Verlag: Verso, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

In popular retellings of American history, capitalism generally doesn't feature much as part of the founding or development of the nation. Instead, it is alluded to in figurative terms as opportunity, entrepreneurial vigor, material abundance, and the seven-league boots of manifest destiny.
?In this collection of essays, Steve Fraser, the preeminent historian of American capitalism, sets the record straight, rewriting the arc of the American saga with class conflict center stage and mounting a serious challenge to the consoling fantasy of American exceptionalism. From the colonial era to Trump, Fraser recovers the repressed history of debtors' prisons and disaster capitalism, of confidence men and the reserve armies of the unemployed. In language that is dynamic and compelling, he demonstrates that class is a fundamental feature of American political life and provides essential intellectual tools for a shrew reading of American history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steve Fraser is a historian, writer, and editor. He is the author of The Age of Acquiescence, Every Man a Speculator and Wall Street, among other books, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and The Nation. He lives in New York City.

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Verlag
Verso
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1788736702
ISBN 13 
9781788736701
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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