The Book Thread - March 2017

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I read Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild last week. It’s a series of interviews by a liberal university professor with conservative voters in Louisiana, and her conclusions about the impetus behind their political views.

Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild

I loved it. To quote myself in that review:

I highly recommend reading Strangers in Their Own Land, no matter your political viewpoints. I think it makes some good points about certain specific issues, primarily around environmental regulation, but that’s not the main reason. What I found most compelling about this book is that way that people on opposite sides of the American political divide had honest conversations, learned to understand each other, and parted as friends. We should all strive to follow that example.