Publisher's Synopsis
Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in 'The People, No' Thomas Frank pulls off that effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today 'populism' is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all.
