{"product_id":"american-contradiction-revolution-and-revenge-from-the-1950s-to-now-hardcover","title":"American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Starr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did Americans come to elect Barack Obama--and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in one consistent set of values or interests. Our nation was born in the contradiction between freedom and slavery. Today it is beset by a contradiction between a changing people and a resisting nation, a nation with entrenched institutions that have empowered those who fear the changes and look to restore an old America of their imagining. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starr tells this history from the dual standpoints of the progressive movements that changed the American people and of the movements that emerged in response. Black Americans, he argues, served as a model minority, setting in motion America's twentieth-century revolutions in gender as well as race and rights. With industry's decline and the rise of economic inequality, millions of Americans have felt dispossessed and want the old America back. Trump is their revenge. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Contradiction\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how 1950s America became the almost unrecognizable America of the 2020s.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Starr\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and founding coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction and Bancroft Prize in American History for \u003ci\u003eThe Social Transformation of American Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. Over a half-century he has written essays and op-eds for newspapers and magazines as well as books on America's institutions, history, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978304880941,"sku":"9780300282436","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/JqujkUOsdi9780300282436.webp?v=1775801551","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/american-contradiction-revolution-and-revenge-from-the-1950s-to-now-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}