American stories : tales of hope and anger / / Michael Brissenden
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| Autore: |
Brissenden Michael
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| Titolo: |
American stories : tales of hope and anger / / Michael Brissenden
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| Pubblicazione: | St. Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 818 |
| 818.00 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Politics, Practical - United States |
| Political participation - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; 1 Winning the race; 2 Dancing with the city; 3 Tea Party; 4 America's Muslims and the mosque at Ground Zero; 5 Wild politics; 6 Arizona brewing - Guns, God and Mexicans; 7 The whole enchilada; 8 Little Havana - Big influence; 9 'Too close to the United States, not close enough to God'; 10 Elvis has left the building; 11 California screaming; 12 Tales from the Motor City; 13 West Virginia - Songs in the hollers; 14 Obamacare; 15 Mitt Romney's magic underpants; 16 'It's still the economy, stupid'; 17 Election 2012; Epilogue |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From the desolate coal-mining hollers of West Virginia to Washington, DCOCOs ghettos and the Mormon communities of Utah, this engrossing journalistic account travels the country with unprecedented scope to grapple withapolitical issues and to tell the stories of the players, the hopeful true believers, the skeptics, the winners, and the losers. Following the long and fractious political process that will either deliver Barack Obama a chance to be a truly transformative president or place him alongside one-term leaders such as Jimmy Carter, this chronicle also observes the Republican Party tear itself apart to find a fitting opponent for Obama. It analyzes whether AmericaOCOs first black president will meet the enormous expectations of his voters and the rest of the world. With wry humor and cutting insight, this book explores an extraordinary moment in United States history and shares tales of people, identity, and culture. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | American stories |
| ISBN: | 0-7022-4844-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910962040203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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