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Podcast: New Books in American Politics
Episode: Terry H. Anderson, "Why the Nineties Matter" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Description: Nearly a quarter century after the decade of the 1990s ended, what really mattered in America during that era is finally coming into focus. Many of the most important developments in politics, culture, and society today have roots in that era: the rise of right-wing extremism, broad transformations in voting preferences among both the working and professional classes; the spread of neoliberal economic policy; and the rise of social media.In Why the Nineties Matter (Oxford University Press, 2024), Dr. Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book fo...