Being America
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- Synopsis
- Purdy asks how modern liveshe sees America (the US) as the paragonproduce both liberty and violence, what the proportion of freedom to exploitation is in the economy, which political realms encourage people to feel control over their choices and which incite popular passions to flirt with chaos or dictatorship, and which inflections of a culture help its members live with dignity and which erode it. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307424945
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780375413070, 9780375727559
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books
- Date of Addition:
- 12/12/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Jedediah Purdy
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.