Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics (Revised)

by Mary D. Edsall and Thomas Byrne Edsall

Book Overview

They have come to intersect with an entire range of domestic issues, from welfare policy to suburban zoning practices. In an explosive chain reaction, a new conservative voting majority has replaced the once-dominant Democratic presidential coalition, and a new polarization has pitted major segments of society against one another. How did this massive power shift occur? Thomas Byrne Edsall of The Washington Post and Mary D. Edsall provide answers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393309037
• ISBN13: 9780393309034
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent explaination of the past and future

of American politics as we now know them today. After you read this book, you will understand what a republican is and a democrat is. It deeply explains what has happened to the minorities in our country and does make a good arguement how the 1964 Civil Right Act has been the catalyst to the current situation we have today. This book has made me more politically aware then ever before, and aided me in making a more educated decision of where I stand on the political continuim. This is an undervalued book on the market today, and is a great bargain for the knowledge it will give you of contemporary America.