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Boiling mad : inside Tea Party America

Title
Boiling mad : inside Tea Party America / Kate Zernike.
Author
Zernike, Kate.
Publication
New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., c2010.

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243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
The Tea Party movement has energized a lot of voters, but it has polarized the electorate, too. Agree or disagree, we must understand this movement to understand American politics in 2010 and beyond. This is journalist Kate Zernike's eye-opening look inside, introducing us to a cast of unlikely activists and the philosophy that animates them. She shows how the movement emerged from an unusual alliance of young Internet-savvy conservatives and older people alarmed at a country they no longer recognize. The movement is the latest manifestation of a long history of conservative discontent in America, breeding on a distrust of government that is older than the nation itself. But the Tea Partiers' grievances are rooted in the present, a response to the election of the nation's first black president and to the far-reaching government intervention that followed the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Though they are better educated and better off than most other Americans, they remain deeply pessimistic about the economy and the direction of the country.--From publisher description.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
"This is America!" -- "Hard work beats Daddy's money" -- "Get off our backs, damn it!" -- "We look at the original, primary source" -- "Huzzah!" -- "We've kind of changed the rules" -- "It's a mission" -- "We've been a little bit too nice" -- "I have a message, a message from the Tea Party".
Call Number
JFD 11-2334
ISBN
  • 9780805093483
  • 0805093486
LCCN
2010025869
OCLC
606786201
Author
Zernike, Kate.
Title
Boiling mad : inside Tea Party America / Kate Zernike.
Imprint
New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., c2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Research Call Number
JFD 11-2334
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