Fraser, Steve

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.

An investigation of how and why, from the 18th century to the present day, American resistance to the ruling elites has vanished, examining such topics as the rise of American capitalism, visionary attempts to protect the democratic commonwealth, the surrender to contemporary delusional fables of freedom, and the politics of fear.