Nancy MacLean è un'autrice pluripremiata le cui opere approfondiscono complesse questioni sociali e politiche. Si concentra sulle radici storiche dei problemi contemporanei, svelando le motivazioni e le strategie nascoste che plasmano la vita pubblica. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una ricerca approfondita e un'analisi acuta, che aiuta i lettori a comprendere le dinamiche del potere e dell'ideologia. MacLean offre un esame critico della storia americana e del suo impatto sul presente.
Elegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion.
An explosive exposé of the man who devoted his career to shackling democracy -- and succeeded. Libertarian billionaires are using their wealth and power to drastically curtail the US democratic process, disempowering ordinary citizens whilst entrenching the influence of corporations as never before. In Democracy in Chains, award-winning historian Nancy MacLean reveals how the ideas of Nobel Prize-winning political economist James McGill Buchanan have been used to undermine the power of voters in a country whose Constitution is founded on the principle 'We the people'. Now, with Mike Pence as Vice President, this chilling movement has a loyalist in the White House, as well as supporters in the House, the Senate, a majority of state governments, and the courts. Democracy in Chainsis a timely, important book, which should be read by anybody interested in the future of democracy.