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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Fraser, Steven (1945-....)
Titre(s) : Class matters [Texte imprimé] : the strange career of an American delusion / Steve Fraser
Publication : New Haven : Yale university press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-287 p.) ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"From the decks of the Mayflower straight through to Donald Trump's "American carnage,"
class has always played a role in American life. In this remarkable work, Steve Fraser
twines our nation's past with his own family's history, deftly illustrating how class
matters precisely because Americans work so hard to pretend it doesn't. He examines
six signposts of American history--the settlements at Plymouth and Jamestown; the
ratification of the Constitution; the Statue of Liberty; the cowboy; the 'kitchen
debate' between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev; and Martin Luther King's 'I Have
a Dream' speech--to explore just how pervasively class has shaped our national conversation.
With a historian's intellectual command and a riveting narrative voice, Fraser interweaves
these examples with his own past--including his civil rights activism in Mississippi
and his false arrest on charges of planning to blow up the Liberty Bell during the
anti-war era--to tell a story both urgent and timeless."--Page [2] of cover
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Strange career of an American delusion
Sujet(s) : Classes sociales -- États-Unis -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Conflits sociaux -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Psychologie sociale -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Pouvoir (sciences sociales) -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Mouvements contestataires -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Conditions sociales -- États-Unis -- États-Unis
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
305.509 73 (23e éd.) = Personnes selon le niveau social et le niveau économique - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300221503 (rel.). - ISBN 0300221509
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455810614
Notice n° :
FRBNF45581061
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: The enigma of class in America -- ; East of Eden -- ; We the people
in the city of brotherly love -- ; Wretched refuse -- ; There was a young cowboy :
homeless on the range -- ; John Smith visits suburbia -- ; Free at last? : "I have
a dream" and involuntary servitude -- ; Conclusion: The homeland
