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""As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched...

2) Hidden power: presidential marriages that shaped our recent history

Author

Marton, Kati

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.099 MAR 2001
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3) The imposters: how Republicans quit governing and seized American politics

Author

Benen, Steve

Publisher

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
324.2734 BENEN 2020
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The producer of "The Rachel Maddow Show" reveals how the Republican Party has undergone a disturbing metamorphosis throughout the past decade and has effectively seized power at the cost of American democracy.

4) The age of acquiescence: the life and death of American resistance to organized wealth and power

Author

Fraser, Steve

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
303.33 FRASER 2015
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"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 new world supplanting...

5) The four tests: what it will take to keep America strong and good

Author

Baer, Daniel Brooks

Publisher

Avid Reader Press

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
320.973 BAER 2023
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"An authoritative, illuminating look at America's future and the "tests" the United States must meet to maintain leadership and power in the 21st century-from the former US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe"-- "An authoritative, illuminating, and ultimately optimistic look at America’s future and the “tests” the United States must meet to maintain leadership and power in the 21st century—from the former...