Steve Fraser: 8 books
by Steve Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Wall Street: no other place on earth is so singularly identified with money and the power of money. And no other American institution has inspired such deep moral, cultural, and political ambivalence. Is the Street an unbreachable bulwark defending commercial order? Or is it a center of mad ambition? This...
Class Matters
The Strange Career of an American Delusion
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A uniquely personal yet deeply informed exploration of the hidden history of class in American life
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...
Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property
Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
A collection of essays on class politics in America
In popular retellings of American history, capitalism generally doesn’t feature much as part of the founding or development of the nation. Instead, it is alluded to in figurative terms as opportunity, entrepreneurial vigor, material abundance,...
Every Man a Speculator
A History of Wall Street in American Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Americans have experienced a love-hate relationship with Wall Street for two hundred years. Long an object of suspicion, fear, and even revulsion, the Street eventually came to be seen as an alluring pathway to wealth and freedom. Steve Fraser tells the story of this remarkable transformation in a...
The Limousine Liberal
How an Incendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
No political image in recent American history has enjoyed the impact of the "limousine liberal." It has managed to mobilize an enduring politics of resentment directed against everything from civil rights to women's liberation, from the war on poverty to environmental regulation. Coined...
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
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...
The Making of a Name : The Inside Story of the Brands We Buy
The Inside Story of the Brands We Buy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2004
How do brand names differ from other names and what goes into making a good name great and a bad name ghastly? Knowing this can spell the difference between bankruptcy and marketplace triumph. In this indispensable guide the authors share the secrets of successful brand names--how they've indelibly...
Ghosts on the Somme
Filming the Battle, June-July 1916
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2009
The Battle of the Somme is one of the most famous, and earliest, films of war ever made. The film records the most disastrous day in the history of the British army - 1 July 1916 - and it had a huge impact when it was shown in Britain during the war. Since then images from it have been repeated so...