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| Author | Sara Marcus |
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| Publisher | Belknap Press |
Publication date | May 30, 2023 |
| ISBN | 978-0-674-24865-6 |
Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis is a nonfiction book by Sara Marcus. The book focuses on the Reconstruction era and the 20th century in the United States, conducting close readings of various works from the period to support the thesis that supporters of social justice experienced it as a succession of "political disappointments".
Political Disappointment was published by Belknap Press in 2023. It was positively reviewed in The Nation and The Yale Review, though both reviewers desired further evidence to demonstrate the role of political disappointment in historical political organizing.