Scholars@Duke
Nancy MacLean

Nancy MacLean

William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy
History
nancy.maclean@duke.edu
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708
334 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Late afternoons, by appointment.  

Selected Publications

How Milton Friedman Exploited White Supremacy to Privatize Education

Journal Article Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series · September 1, 2021 Cite

“Since We Are Greatly Outnumbered”: Why and How the Koch Network Uses Disinformation to Thwart Democracy

Chapter · January 1, 2020 This chapter examines one source of the strategic disinformation now rife in American public life: the Koch network of donors, allied organizations, and academic grantees. The architects of this network’s project to radically transform our institutions and ... Full text Cite

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Book · June 13, 2017 Behind today’s headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots. The capitalist radical right has been working not simply to change who rules, but to fundamentally alter the ru ... Link to item Cite