
Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics
Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall
Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics
Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary D. Edsall
Examines the new power centers in the Democratic and Republican parties, the coporate lobbying community and organized labour, and explores the changes in the United States politics that have led to the shift in economic policy under the Reagan administration.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN-13
- 9780393018684
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- Race and politicsPolitical parties and lobbyingTax policy and economic shift
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1992)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1992)
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