What's the Matter with Kansas? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What's the Matter with Kansas? write by Thomas Frank. This book was released on 2007-04-01. What's the Matter with Kansas? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times
The Kansas Guidebook 2
The Kansas Guidebook 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Kansas Guidebook 2 write by Marci Penner. This book was released on 2017. The Kansas Guidebook 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe hit the road for parts of four years to look in every one of the 626 incorporated towns and cities and in hundreds of other dots on the map and countryside locations. They drove dusty back roads and navigated big-city highways. They looked for architecture, art, commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history, and people wherever they went. In their trusty Explorer Research Vehicle (lovingly known as ERV), the duo took tens of thousands of photos, traveled tens of thousands of miles, and visited with thousands of people. Five hundred Kansas towns are included in this guide containing entries on the best places to eat (672 restaurants are listed), beautiful scenery, history, customs, architecture, art, and people.
Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure write by Anne Kniggendorf. This book was released on 2020-09-15. Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most visitors know all about Kansas City’s barbecue, jazz, and football success, but there are hidden gems and wild pieces of trivia around every turn in Missouri’s largest city. Is the giant Hereford bull anatomically correct? Can a seed that’s been to outer space still grow into a normal tree? And who really killed President William Henry Harrison? You’ll find answers to the questions you didn’t know you had in Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Learn why three completely unrelated groups have chosen Kansas City as the center of the world and the place you want to be when the world ends. Between these covers, you’ll also find castles, a horse buried in a cul-de-sac, a ghost who likes a good laugh, and the world’s longest snake. This is not a tour guide for outsiders; it’s a scavenger hunt—insiders only, please. Longtime Kansas Citian Anne Kniggendorf is at your service to bolster your love and boost your respect for this middle-of-the-map city. With her eye for the odd leading the way, you’ll have a great time discovering Kansas City.
One Kansas Farmer
One Kansas Farmer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One Kansas Farmer write by Devin Scillian. This book was released on 2011-07-01. One Kansas Farmer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Following the success of S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet, husbandand- wife author team Devin and Corey Scillian join illustrator Doug Bowles in another rousing state tribute. One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book "counts out" an entertaining and educational travelogue of the state's history, geography, famous people, and places. Topics include the dancing prairie chickens and the invention of the microchip. Corey and Devin Scillian are graduates of the University of Kansas. They now live in Michigan where Devin anchors the news for WDIV-TV in Detroit. Devin's other children's books include the bestselling A is for America: An American Alphabet and Brewster the Rooster. Doug Bowles enjoys working with a wide range of clients in advertising, corporate, and editorial jobs, as well as in the children's book market. He also enjoys working on fine art collections and shows frequently in galleries around Kansas. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas.
Haunted Kansas
Haunted Kansas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haunted Kansas write by Lisa Hefner Heitz. This book was released on 1997. Haunted Kansas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of ghost stories and narration unique to the state of Kansas. The stories are a blend of mystery and menace. The ghosts are shown are to notoriously linked to a specific structure or landscape, whether it be an 18th century mansion or a bottomless pool.
