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Title Exurbia now : the battleground of American Democracy / David Masciotra.
Author Masciotra, David, author.
Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2024.
©2023
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Description xxi, 266 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Born in a small town: an introduction -- Welcome to the exit: a suburban-exurban tour -- The Confederacy stronghold of Northern Illinois -- Godzilla Jesus -- A political traffic jam -- Busted on a bad bet -- Men at war -- Nowhere, USA -- Ignorance is Hell -- No escape -- The bohemian suburb versus exurbistan -- When the walls come crumbling down -- Cry for hope.
Summary "The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so "exurbia"-areas outside the cities and their suburbs-are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency..."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Small cities -- Political aspects -- United States.
Suburbanites -- Political activity -- United States.
Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
ISBN 9781685890896 (hardcover) : $28.99
168589089X (hardcover)