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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the William H. Riker Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association"
"Best Book of the Year by one of Politico's Top 50 Thinkers (Sean McElwee)"
"This book is one of the most mind-blowing books I’ve encountered recently."
---Chris Hayes"Scholars of racial attitudes have long considered how such attitudes are transmitted across generations through history, culture, and institutions, and
Deep Roots makes a historically penetrating and theoretically meaningful contribution to that body of literature. The book is engaging and thorough in its analysis and puts forth theory that will be useful for readers specifically interested in the intersections of political geography, racial attitudes, and political behavior."
---Amber Spry, Science"Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen powerfully argue in their recent book
Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics, it is the legacy of slavery and post-Civil War segregation that gave rise to the South’s current political culture."
---Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate"A timely tome which explains why, from neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville to Virginia politicians donning blackface, when it comes to the South, the more things change, the more they remain insane."
---Kam Williams, Tri-State Defender
