The Limousine Liberal: How an Incendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America

by Steve Fraser

No political image in recent American history has enjoyed the impact of the "limousine liberal." It has managed to mobilize an enduring politics of resentment directed against everything from civil rights to women's liberation, from the war on poverty to environmental regulation. Coined in 1969 by New York City mayoralty candidate Mario Procaccino, the term took aim at what he and his largely white lower middle class and blue collar following considered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465055664
• ISBN13: 9780465055661
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"