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In defense of elitism : why I'm better than you and you're better than someone who didn't buy this book  Cover Image Book Book

In defense of elitism : why I'm better than you and you're better than someone who didn't buy this book / Joel Stein.

Stein, Joel, 1971- (author.).

Summary:

Stein spends a week in Roberts County, Texas, which had the highest percentage of Trump voters in the country. He goes to the home of Trump-loving Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams; meets people who create fake news; and finds the new elitist organizations merging both right and left to fight the populists.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781455591473
  • ISBN: 1455591475
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The populists. Flippin' whippy ; Baptist row ; Underthinking ; I was sent here by God ; The table of knowledge ; Canadian key parties ; An unclean spirit ; The 33 party -- The elites. Resistance dinner parties ; The loop ; Puppet pig -- The populist elites. Dilbert ; Care actors ; A meme guy ; Littering on the death star ; Son of Fidel Castro ; The boat elite ; Tucker -- The elite populists. The time travel mart -- Saving the elite. The meeting of the concerned ; I said, "good day, sir!" ; The love dare.
Subject: Stein, Joel > Travel > Texas.
Conduct of life > Humor.
Elite (Social sciences) > Humor.
Humorous stories, American.
Culture conflict > United States.
Populism > United States > History > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Texas > Social life and customs.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 818.602 STEIN 2019 (Text) 0001002477808 Nonfiction Available -


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