Fault Lines - A History of the United States Since 1974

In this masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of the current moment in America, answering the question: When-and how-did the country become so polarised? It starts in 1974 with the Watergate crisis, the OPEC oil embargo, desegregation, busing riots in Boston and the wind-down of the Vietnam War. Ever-widening historical fault lines over economic inequality, race, gender and sex norms firing up a polarised political landscape followed. Fault Lines is also the story of the profound transformations of the media and the political system fuelling the fire. This edition has been brought up to date with significant updates throughout, a new chapter on the Trump administration; and a new epilogue on the Biden administration and the 2024 general election.

About the author

Kevin M. Kruse is an award-winning scholar on twentieth-century American political history. Fault Lines grew out of the hugely popular course that he and Julian Zelizer co-created at Princeton University, The United States Since 1974.Julian E. Zelizer is an award-winning scholar on twentieth-century American political history. Fault Lines grew out of the hugely popular course that he and Kevin Kruse co-created at Princeton University, The United States Since 1974.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin M Kruse, Kruse Kevin M., Julian E Zelizer, Zelizer Julian E.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 11.11.2025
• EAN: 9781324035541
• ISBN: 978-1-324-03554-1
• Illustrations: 16 images
• Series: Fault Lines
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Media Studies, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas