Thomas Frank

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Thomas Frank (born 1965) is an American historian who writes about what he calls "cultural politics". His writings, which draw heavily on the theory of the Frankfurt School, tend to analyze both the political and cultural economy of the modern American culture wars from a Left perspective. He is the founder and editor of The Baffler and the author of several books, most recently What's the Matter with Kansas? Other writings include essays for Harper's Magazine, Le Monde diplomatique, and the Financial Times.

Frank was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1965. He grew up in a local suburb, Mission Hills, Kansas. Frank graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School. He later attended the University of Kansas. He also attended the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago, where he received a Ph.D. in history in 1994. He currently lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Wendy, and their children.

He began writing a weekly column in the Wall Street Journal on May 14, 2008.

Contents 1 Books 1.1 As Editor 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Books

• The Conquest of Cool (1997) ISBN 0-226-26012-7
• One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy (2000) ISBN 0-385-49503-X
• New Consensus for Old: Cultural Studies from Left to Right (2002) ISBN 0-9717575-4-2
• What's the Matter with Kansas? (2004) ISBN 0-8050-7339-6
• The Wrecking Crew (book): How Conservatives Rule (2008)

[edit] As Editor

• Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler (1997) ISBN 0-393-31673-4
• Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from the Baffler (2003) ISBN 0-393-32430-3

[edit] See also

The Trap (TV Documentary Series) Frank features in "The Trap", a BBC documentary.

[edit] External links

• Frank's personal website
• Thomas Frank Author Page (Henry Holt and Company)
• What's The Matter With "What's The Matter With Kansas"; The Nation; October 11, 2005; Study (pdf) argues that the white working class hasn't moved right and that "moral values" are not pushing them to vote Republican.
• Class is Dismissed Thomas Frank's reply to Prof. Bartels' study What's The Matter With "What's The Matter With Kansas".
• New Consensus for Old: Cultural Studies from Left to Right 26 page book/pamphlet put out by Prickly Paradigm in Fall 2002.
• PBS's NOW with Bill Moyers An interview on What's the Matter With Kansas?
• Thomas Frank at the Internet Movie Database
• Frank giving speech at "Hostile Takeover"
• Opinion article in the Wall Street Journal written by Frank