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Fault Lines
A History of the United States Since 1974
Series: Fault Lines
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In this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering the question: When—and how—did America become so polarized? It all starts in 1974 with the Watergate...
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In Fault Lines two award-winning and best-selling historians explore the origins of a divided America in a new edition, with a new chapter and epilogue
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In this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering the question: When—and how—did America become so polarized?
It all starts in 1974 with the Watergate crisis, the OPEC oil embargo, desegregation, busing riots in Boston, and the wind-down of the Vietnam War. What follows is the story of our own lifetimes. It's the story of ever-widening historical fault lines over economic inequality, race, gender, and sex norms firing up a polarized political landscape.
It is also the story of the profound transformations of the media and our political system fueling the fire.
The new edition of Fault Lines includes a brand-new chapter, "American Carnage," on the Trump administration; a new epilogue on the Biden administration and the 2024 general election; and significant updates throughout.
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Fault Lines
In this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering the question: When—and how—did America become so polarized? It all starts in 1974 with the Watergate crisis, the OPEC oil embargo, desegregation, busing riots in Boston, and the wind-down of...Paperback$4199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Fault Lines
Two award-winning historians explore the origins of a divided America. In the middle of the 1970s, America entered a new era of doubt and division. Major political, economic, and social crises—Watergate, Vietnam, the rights revolutions of the 1960s—had cracked the existing social order. In the years that followed, the story of our own lifetimes would be written. Longstanding historical fault...Hardback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Fault Lines
Two award-winning historians explore the origins of a divided America. In the middle of the 1970s, America entered a new era of doubt and division. Major political, economic, and social crises—Watergate, Vietnam, the rights revolutions of the 1960s—had cracked the existing social order. In the years that followed, the story of our own lifetimes would be written. Longstanding historical fault...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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ISBN: 9781324035541
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 January 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Illustration: 16 images
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 464g
Pages: 528
About the Author
Kevin M. Kruse is an award-winning scholar on twentieth-century American political history. Fault Lines grew out of the hugely popular course that he and Julian Zelizer co-created at Princeton University, The United States Since 1974. Julian E. Zelizer is an award-winning scholar on twentieth-century American political history. Fault Lines grew out of the hugely popular course that he and Kevin Kruse co-created at Princeton University, The United States Since 1974.
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