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EP 13.0: The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class

Season 1, Ep. 13
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An episode about the creation of the middle class in America as a response to violence and to hold off the rise of Communism.


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Additional Reading:

The Wages of Whiteness, by David R Roediger

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, by Martin Luther King Jr

Black Reconstruction in America, by W.E.B. Dubois

Strangers in Their Own Land, by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Quotations in this episode taken from: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/31/trump-white-working-class-history-216200/

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