Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Big Sort, The - Bill Bishop

Big Sort, The

By: Bill Bishop

Paperback | 21 August 2023

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $27.49

$26.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $6.69 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

The award-winning journalist reveals the untold story of why America is so culturally and politically divided in this groundbreaking book.

Armed with startling demographic data, Bill Bishop demonstrates how Americans have spent decades sorting themselves into alarmingly homogeneous communities—not by region or by state, but by city and neighborhood. With ever-increasing specificity, we choose the communities and media that are compatible with our lifestyles and beliefs. The result is a country that has become so ideologically inbred that people don't know and can't understand those who live just a few miles away.

In The Big Sort, Bishop explores how this phenomenon came to be, and its dire implications for our country. He begins with stories about how we live today and then draws on history, economics, and our changing political landscape to create one of the most compelling big-picture accounts of America in recent memory.
Industry Reviews

"Essential reading for activists, poli-sci types, journalists and trend-watchers." Kirkus Reviews

"A timely, highly readable discussion of American neighborhoods and the implications of who lives in them." Library Journal

"A book posing hard questions across the political spectrum." Booklist, ALA, Boxed Review

"Bishop's argument is meticulously researched--surveys and polls proliferate--and his reach is broad." Publishers Weekly

"a gripping new book" - The Economist

"Jam-packed with fascinating data, "The Big Sort" presents a provocative portrait of the splintering of America." Boston Globe

"[a] rich and challenging book about the ways in which the citizens of this country have, in the past generation, rearranged themselves into discrete enclaves that have little to say to one another and little incentive to bother trying." The Wall Street Journal --

More in Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Pilbara - Judy Nunn

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF
Gachiakuta 8 : Gachiakuta - Kei Urana

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Winner - David Baldacci

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$19.99

43%
OFF
Some Bright Nowhere - Ann Packer

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF
Might Cry Later : A hilarious, romantic, messy, autistic story - Kay Kerr
People We Meet On Vacation - Emily Henry

RRP $24.99

$19.99

20%
OFF
The Ten Year Affair - Erin Somers

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF
Twilight 20th Anniversary Edition : Twilight, Book 1 - Stephenie Meyer
The Suite Secret : London Hearts Series: Book Two - Tierney Page

RRP $22.99

$18.99

17%
OFF
The Ragpicker King : The Chronicles of Castellane Book 2 - Cassandra Clare
The Distinctly Competent District Councillor - Jonas Jonasson

RRP $29.99

$19.99

33%
OFF
Rytual - Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Blood Pact : Book 6 in the thrilling DCI Jack Hawksworth series - Fiona McIntosh