I think we should all read this one. Pretty interesting stuff. Not sure if the author is related to Thomas Frank, but the book is a great addition to What's the Matter with Kansas...
Read the review over
LewRockwell.com
Here is a short excerpt fromt the review...
"Highway America: last stop Oblivion, or Renewal?
As Frank demonstrates through a relentless barrage of source material, sober analysis, and the kind of clear, concise prose that can only be achieved through integrity and honesty, the last time the Democrats were the party of the people, if it ever was, the Andrews Sisters were at the top of the pops and there were two Major League Baseballs: one for white people and one for "colored." It was considered unrealistic, loony, Utopian, and downright un-American that the best players of these separate, unequal (in terms of wealth, not talent) leagues would ever compete on the same field of play.
To quote the late baseball commentator, Mel Allen, who covered the game both before and after the "Utopian fantasy" of integration: "How about that!""