Sidebar: Upcoming Works I plan to read
A friend of mine asked about a Facebook post mentioning some new books I was ordering on Political History. I’m a bit behind on a respond, so I hope she doesn’t mind me responding this way!
To be clear — this is part of what I promise, to you folks who’ve been kind enough to subscribe. This isn’t just me info-dumping history on you! Rather, I aim to pull out the core info, and provide it in ways that clarify the issues we’re seeing today, and how we get out of the ditch:
One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse
The Hijacking of Jesus: How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promo… by Dan Wakefield
How the Republicans Stole Religion: Why the Religious Right is Wrong about Fait… by Bill Press
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society by Michael K. Brown
Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Kla… by Wayne Greenhaw
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 by Kevin M. Kruse
If you have any questions on what I chose and why, drop me a line!