{"product_id":"growing-up-red-outing-red-america-from-the-inside-paperback","title":"Growing Up Red: Outing Red America From the Inside - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Schilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author Tim Schilke knew that his concerns about some generally accepted suburban truths were often left unanswered. He later learned that a carefully crafted Red-suburban version of reality isolated him from nearly everything real. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Red truth\" was a strange morph of God, Patriotism, and Republicans. When this uniquely Red-suburban mentality played a role in winning President George W. Bush a second term in late 2004, Schilke began an investigation into the driving factors behind his Red upbringing, which still persist and thrive today in suburban and rural America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom carefully-guarded moral relativism, to the Army's questionable recruiting techniques; from Major League Baseball's tainted home run records, to the myth of the Ownership Society; Schilke maps these current events back into the perspective of his Red upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy does Red-suburban middle-America consistently vote against its own interests in election after election? \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Red\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to show that, in Red America, it is simply the patriotic thing to do. In Red America, raw Faith trumps Knowledge. Carefully-tweaked irrational fear drives never-ending consumption. A Republican President marches arm-in-arm with God down Main Street every Fourth of July.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when actual reality starts to bleed through the carefully-protected fences of suburbia? Find out in \u003ci\u003eGrowing Up Red\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737084071999,"sku":"9780595346134","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d9c59d93a4660ed187ef657f8ba3d0f8.webp?v=1765148786","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/growing-up-red-outing-red-america-from-the-inside-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}