Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-03-29
Books mentioned on From David Duke to Donald Trump: The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What Hath God Wrought
What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe is a comprehensive Pulitzer Prize-winning history that chronicles the transformation of the United States from 1815 to 1848, covering the crucial era of Jacksonian democracy.
Recommended“ah okay so my first book I would was is kind of big and long but it's one of my favorite books about American history is called what hath God wrought the transformation of America 1815 to 1848 history of America and like the Jacksonian times it's a wonderful history”
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After Nationalism
After Nationalism by Samuel Goldman is a political analysis examining the challenges of American identity and national unity in an era of deep division.
Recommended“if you don't want to read a 900 page book I can offer something much shorter which is a book called after nationalism being American in an age of division by Samuel Goldman”
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The Politics of Cultural Despair
The Politics of Cultural Despair by Fritz R.
Recommended“and the third book I would recommend is the politics of cultural despair by Fritz Stern where he talks about the kinds of people in Germany who prior in the 19th century kind of created the ideological underpinnings for what became Nazism and it's a wonderful book”
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