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Building Red America - by Thomas B Edsall (Paperback)

Building Red America - by  Thomas B Edsall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Edsall brings home to readers the true extent of the Republican takeover of American politics, by revealing the chief architects of political revolution. The result is a masterful--and disturbing--work of political journalism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This powerful examination of the present and future of American politics, by one of America's most distinguished political journalists, reveals how the Republican Party has gained a long-term institutional advantage that allows it to shrug off apparent setbacks like the 2006 elections. <i>Building Red America</i> takes us deeper than any previous book into the operations of the power brokers and issues that galvanize voters.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Brilliantly illuminates the Democratic Party's mistakes and its problems.... Should be read by anyone with an interest in American politics."<br><br>"Easily the best book on the politics of race in recent years...ambitious and unsettling."<br><br>"Edsall has been reporting the nuts and guts of American politics for decades now, and there is no more reliable guide to infrastructural facts." -- Todd Gitlin<br><br>"The best book on how race colors national politics in the U.S., written by one of the Washington Post's top political reporters."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas B. Edsall</b> covered national politics for twenty-five years at the <i>Washington Post</i>. He is now a correspondent for the <i>New Republic</i> and the <i>National Journal</i>. He was a guest columnist in 2006 for the <i>New York Times</i>, and holds the Pulitzer-Moore Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at Columbia University in New York. His previous book, <i>Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes</i>, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1992. He lives in New York and Washington, D.C.

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