If the 2017 Charlottesville protests and the January 6 Capitol
assault made you think “That’s not us,” think again: in this
stunning American history, Steven Hahn shows recurring episodes of
racial, religious, and ethnic expulsion, and a localism suspicious
of outsiders, including the federal government. Inspiring these
events is an illiberalism in which community values override
individual rights and hierarchy is superior to democracy. Driven by
popular movements, the courts, and legislation, illiberalism has
long been embedded in everyday life. Before the Civil War,
midwestern free states invoked community safety to enact laws
denying Black people their civil rights. Progressive reformers such
as Margaret Sanger harnessed theories of racial inequality and
eugenics to advocate birth control in ethnic communities. And one
enduring outcome of the 1960s was the illiberalism that George
Wallace made politically mainstream. Here is America’s
unexceptional history, its founding ideals in ongoing tension with
illiberal beliefs.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Steven Hahn
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
544 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-63592-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-393-63592-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780393635928 |
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