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From the Revolution through the Civil Rights Movement, Americans mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. But over the last half-century that political will has vanished. In The Age of Acquiescence, Steve Fraser explains why. His account of national transformation brilliantly examines the rise of American capitalism, the visionary attempts to protect the democratic commonwealth, and the great surrender to today's delusional fables of freedom and the politics of fear. Effervescent and razorsharp, The Age of Acquiescence is indispensable for understanding why we no longer fight for a more just society, and how we can revive the great American tradition of resistance in our own time.
Contents
Part I Class Warfare in America: The Long Nineteenth Century 1. Progress 2. Progress, Poverty, and Primitive Accumulation 3. Premonitions 4. The Second Civil War: In the Countryside 5. The Second Civil War: On the Industrial Frontier 6. Myth and History 7. The End of Socialism Part II Desire and Fear in the Second Gilded Age 8. Back to the Future: The Political Economy of Auto-cannibalism 9. Fables of Acquiescence: The Businessman as Populist Hero 10. Fables of Freedom: Brand X 11. Wages of Freedom: The Fable of the Free Agent 12. Journey to Nowhere: The Eclipse of the Labor Movement 13. Improbable Rebels: The Folklore of Limousine Liberalism 14. Conclusion: Exit by the Rear Doors
