The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power

by Steve Fraser

Book Overview

A groundbreaking investigation of how and why, from the 18th century to the present day, American resistance to our ruling elites has vanished.

From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights movement, Americans have long mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. Hierarchies based on inheritance, wealth, and political preferment were treated as obnoxious and a threat to democracy. Mass movements envisioned a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316185434
• ISBN13: 9780316185431
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.5"