Exceptionally backward : economic, racial, gender, and generation inequality in a neo-colonial US / R. C. De Prospo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Prospo, R. C., 1949- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--United States.

Equality.

United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, [2025]

Summary:

"Prof. De Prospo draws on a wide range of disciplines, including American Studies, history, literary criticism, and critical theory to examine persistent economic, racial, gender, and generational disparities in the U.S. He argues that ideologies like American exceptionalism and originalism in constitutional law often serve justify or obscure systemic injustices"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword: Far more than nothing

(Anti)Americanist Das Kapital

"Enlightened" founders : Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Calhoun

Dies Irae: Stowe, Du Bois, Piketty

Afterword: Hockey sticks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version De Prospo, R. C., 1949- Exceptionally backward

ISBN:

9781628945577

1628945575

9781628945584

1628945583

OCLC:

1518698877