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2013.
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English
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From a renowned historian comes a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens society's collective future. With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and also its profound consequences.
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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"Has America, in its quest for goodness, sacrificed its sense of greatness? In this historically informed book, veteran political observer Alan Wolfe argues that most Americans show greater concern with saving the country's soul than with making the nation great." "Wolfe castigates both conservatives and liberals for opting for small-mindedness over greatness. No great society, in Wolfe's view, has ever been built on the cheap. Wolfe notes that neither...
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Something is wrong. We all know it. American life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn't just wrong; they're evil. We're the richest country in history, but we've never been more pessimistic. What's causing the despair? In Them, bestselling author and U.S. senator Ben Sasse argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, our crisis isn't really about politics....
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University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2006,c2004
Language
English
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From the publisher. "Don't talk to strangers" is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has blossomed into a fundamental precept of civic education, reflecting interracial distrust, personal and political alienation, and a profound suspicion of others. In this powerful and eloquent essay, Allen takes this maxim back to Little Rock, rooting out the seeds of distrust to replace them with "a citizenship of political...
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HighBridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A gripping exploration of the relationship between sex and our society, with a foreword by bestselling author A. J. Jacobs Why do political leaders become entangled in so many sex scandals? How did the U.S. military inadvertently help make San Francisco a mecca of gay culture? And what was the original purpose of vibrators? Find out the answers to all these questions and more as journalist Ross Benes delves into the complicated relationship between...
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"The Land of Flickering Lights is a unique contribution to American political writing at this or any other time. Senator Michael Bennet lifts a veil on the inner workings of Congress to reveal, in his words, 'through a series of actual stories--about the people, the politics, the motives, the money, the hypocrisy, the stakes, the outcome--the pathological culture of the capital and the consequences for us all.' [...] With frankness and refreshing...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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""Love thy neighbor" is an impossible exhortation. Good neighbors greet us on the street and do small favors, but neighbors also startle us with sounds at night and unleash their demons on us, they monitor and reproach us, and betray us to authorities. The moral principles prescribed for friendship, civil society, and democratic public life apply imperfectly to life around home, where we interact day to day without the formal institutions, rules of...