Gerardo Martí

American Blindspot (eBook, PDF)

Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency is a careful exploration of the forces that led to the election of the 45th president of the United States.Author Gerardo Martí synthesizes the latest scholarship and historical research to examine the roles that race, class, and religion have played in politics-both historically and today. This book goes beyond the initial claims that the American working class was the force behind Donald Trump's election or policies and instead offers a nuanced perspective on how race, religion, and class have shaped our national views, Trump's election, and his policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881873844
• Artikelnr.: 74396688

Autorenporträt

Gerardo Martí is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. A prolific and award-winning scholar, his research examines religious innovation and the ways religion shapes racial dynamics and political engagement in the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: The Unexpected President: The 2016 Trump Election and White
Evangelical Support
Chapter 2: Deep Cultural Background on Racial Inequality: Slavery and
Territorial Expansion in Early America
Chapter 3: Racialized Power and Constraints of Freedom after Slavery:
Failure of Reconstruction
Chapter 4: A "True American" Identity: Immigration and the Restriction of
Citizenship
Chapter 5: Business-Friendly Evangelicalism: Theological Turn of
Mid-Twentieth-Century Christianity
Chapter 6: The Establishment of Free-Market Conservatism: Religious
Imperatives of Regan-Era Economics
Chapter 7: Reactionary Politics of the Tea Party: Barack Obama and His
Critics
Chapter 8: Increased Concentration of Elite Wealth through Asset Growth:
The 2007 Market Collapse and the Rule of Finance
Chapter 9: Identity Politics and Evangelical Support: Trump's White
Christian Nationalism
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Ethnoreligious Structures of Inequality in the
Trump Presidency
Notes
Bibliography