Boiling Mad
Behind the Lines in Tea Party America
Published on 27. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-312-61054-8 (ISBN)
Description
They burst on the scene at the height of the Great Recession - thousands of angry voters railing against bailouts and big government - and within the year, the Tea Party had changed the terms of debate in Washington. This new populist movement set the agenda for the 2010-midterm elections, propelling a historic shift of power in Congress and capturing the mood of an anxious country. By election day, a remarkable four in ten voters called themselves Tea Party supporters.
Reviews / Votes
"Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the Tea Party movement."--Gail Collins, "The New York Times" "Illuminating... a picture of how different some Tea Partiers are from the Republican establishment's view of the movement."--"The New York Times Book Review" "[Zernike's] concise, elegantly written book is a refreshing reminder of what traditional journalism -- so often despised and discounted these days -- can contribute to the public conversation. . . . A convincing portrait of the [tea party] movement's most ardent activists."--"Los Angeles Times" "A brisk chronicle of the people who have streamed to the protests [and] flocked to the polls."--"The New Republic" "The most informative and readable."--"The Hill" "The beauty of "Boiling Mad" is that it's room-temperature calm. With fresh and surprising reporting, Kate Zernike cuts through the hype on both sides to show the Tea Party as it really is, not as partisans depict it. It's a complete, balanced, incisive and important account of a reactionary movement that's changing the country."--Jonathan Alter, author of "The Promise: President Obama, Year One"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Publishing group
Griffin Publishing
Illustrations
8-page b & w photo section
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-61054-8 (9780312610548)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kate Zernike is a national correspondent for The New York Times and was a member of the team that shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. She is author of the book Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives with her family outside New York City.