The whites of their eyes : the Tea Party's revolution and the battle over American history / Jill Lepore.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
x, 217 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010. "Parts of this book were originally published in the 'New Yorker'."--T.p. verso. "Fourth printing, and first paperback printing, 2011." T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Party like it's 1773 -- Ye olde media -- The book of ages -- How to commit revolution -- The past upon its throne -- Your superexcellent age -- Revering America.
Summary:
Asserts that the Tea Party movement prefers to rewrite the history of the American Revolution as anti-intellectual and antipluralist.
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