EP 13.0: The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class
Episode description
An episode about the creation of the middle class in America as a response to violence and to hold off the rise of Communism.
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Additional Reading:
The Wages of Whiteness, by David R Roediger
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, by Martin Luther King Jr
Black Reconstruction in America, by W.E.B. Dubois
Strangers in Their Own Land, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Quotations in this episode taken from: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/31/trump-white-working-class-history-216200/
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