Social scientists explain the Tea Party movement: with a selection of primary documents

The complexity of the Tea Party gives rise to a great many different analytical approaches. This collection of essays examines the Tea Party movement by focusing on its pseudo-history and exploring the relationship between the Tea Party and the American founders.It also focuses on religion and addresses the Party in respect to media bias, race, the environment, and collective bargaining. Supplemented by a documents section it provides a beginning point of reference for understanding this recent development in American politics.