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He visits environmental dead zones in the Texas Gulf region. He investigates Arizona’s abandonment of public education and its corrupt charter school industry. He shows how Mississippi’s denuded health care system has made the Magnolia State the sickest in the nation. And he explains how North Carolina allows its people to sink into poverty while catering to the needs of corporations.   As a postscript, Kleinknecht proposes how progressive states on either coast might join in a compact of “progressive federalism” that uses their superior economic and cultural resources to counter the influence of the far right.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49744127295761,"sku":"NGR9781620976418","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49895386022161,"sku":"CIN1620976412G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51040445366545,"sku":"NIN9781620976418","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52650955079953,"sku":"NLS9781620976418","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1620976412.jpg?v=1751310440"},{"product_id":"man-who-sold-the-world-book-william-kleinknecht-9781568584423","title":"The Man Who Sold the World","description":"Since Ronald Reagan left office,and particularly after his death,his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator. This carefully calibrated image is complete fiction, argues award-winning journalist William Kleinknecht. The Reagan presidency was epoch shattering, but not,as his propagandists would have it,because it invigorated private enterprise or made America feel strong again. His real legacy was the dismantling of an eight-decade period of reform in which working people were given an unprecedented sway over our politics, our economy, and our culture. Reagan halted this almost overnight. In the tradition of Thomas Frank's  What's the Matter with Kansas? , Kleinknecht explores middle America,starting with Reagan's hometown of Dixon, Illinois,and shows that as the Reagan legend grows, his true legacy continues to decimate middle America.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49762667888913,"sku":"GOR007382818","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50487431594257,"sku":"CIN1568584423G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52682889101585,"sku":"NLS9781568584423","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53349058052369,"sku":"NIN9781568584423","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1568584423.jpg?v=1751118654"},{"product_id":"man-who-sold-the-world-book-william-kleinknecht-9781568584102","title":"The Man Who Sold the World","description":"From an award-winning journalist is a major work of reporting and history that shatters the myth of Ronald Reagan. Since Ronald Reagan left office - and after his death especially - his influence has loomed over American life. Singled out for his 'courage, his kindness, his persistence, his honesty, and his almost heroic patience in the face of setbacks,' a number of conservatives, from the late William Buckley to his former speechwriter Peggy Noonan to Republican nominee John McCain have looked to Reagan as a figure to regenerate the American conservative tradition as the Bush White House stumbles through crisis and scandal. Beyond Reagan's core devotees, Reagan's image has been embraced by the mainstream media. Even Barack Obama have cited Reagan's legacy positively.This carefully calibrated image is a complete fiction, however. The Reagan presidency was epoch-shattering, but not - as his propagandists would have it - because it invigorated private enterprise, toppled the Berlin Wall or made America feel strong again. Rather what gives Reagan such an awesome legacy is that he presided over the dismantling of one of the greatest social experiments in human history - an eight-decade period of reform in which working people were given an unprecedented sway over our politics, our economy, and our culture.Reagan halted this forward march toward democracy almost overnight. In \"The Man Who Sold the World\", journalist William Kleinknecht explores middle America and shows how Reaganism put the poor and working class back on the margins of everything except the basest popular culture. This scathing indictment of the Reagan legacy is the first comprehensive book to deal seriously with Ronald Reagan's place in contemporary America. Just as Americans are trying to grapple with the legacy of George W. 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