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American paradise [[electronic resource] ] : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer
| American paradise [[electronic resource] ] : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer |
| Autore | Huer Jon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-59975-9
9786613912206 0-7618-5186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Readers' Comments on American Paradise:; Table of Contents; Introduction. Welcome to American Paradise; Chapter 1: The Great American Temptation; Chapter 2: The Axis of Evil Temptation; Chapter 3: Merchants of Death; Chapter 4: Paradise Up Close; Chapter 5: What America Has Become; Chapter 6: Life, Liberty, and Happiness; Chapter 7: Freedom's Progress; Chapter 8: The Incredibly Shrinking Nation; Chapter 9: Lifestyle and Other Oddities; Chapter 10: Individualism and Supreme Justice; Chapter 11: The Americanization of Love
Chapter 12: Paradise FoundChapter 13: The Perfect State; Chapter 14: A Phantom Nation; Chapter 15: Weapons of Mass Distraction; Chapter 16: All That Glitters; Chapter 17: More Economic Oddities; Chapter 18: What Could Have Been; Chapter 19: Paradise Lost, Again; Chapter 20: Living and Dying by the Sword; Bibliography; Appendix: The American Waste Index; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462556003321 |
Huer Jon
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| Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American paradise [[electronic resource] ] : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer
| American paradise [[electronic resource] ] : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer |
| Autore | Huer Jon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Civilization |
| ISBN |
1-283-59975-9
9786613912206 0-7618-5186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Readers' Comments on American Paradise:; Table of Contents; Introduction. Welcome to American Paradise; Chapter 1: The Great American Temptation; Chapter 2: The Axis of Evil Temptation; Chapter 3: Merchants of Death; Chapter 4: Paradise Up Close; Chapter 5: What America Has Become; Chapter 6: Life, Liberty, and Happiness; Chapter 7: Freedom's Progress; Chapter 8: The Incredibly Shrinking Nation; Chapter 9: Lifestyle and Other Oddities; Chapter 10: Individualism and Supreme Justice; Chapter 11: The Americanization of Love
Chapter 12: Paradise FoundChapter 13: The Perfect State; Chapter 14: A Phantom Nation; Chapter 15: Weapons of Mass Distraction; Chapter 16: All That Glitters; Chapter 17: More Economic Oddities; Chapter 18: What Could Have Been; Chapter 19: Paradise Lost, Again; Chapter 20: Living and Dying by the Sword; Bibliography; Appendix: The American Waste Index; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785774103321 |
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Huer Jon
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| Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer
| American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer |
| Autore | Huer Jon |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.0973 |
| Soggetto topico | Civilization |
| ISBN |
1-283-59975-9
9786613912206 0-7618-5186-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Readers' Comments on American Paradise:; Table of Contents; Introduction. Welcome to American Paradise; Chapter 1: The Great American Temptation; Chapter 2: The Axis of Evil Temptation; Chapter 3: Merchants of Death; Chapter 4: Paradise Up Close; Chapter 5: What America Has Become; Chapter 6: Life, Liberty, and Happiness; Chapter 7: Freedom's Progress; Chapter 8: The Incredibly Shrinking Nation; Chapter 9: Lifestyle and Other Oddities; Chapter 10: Individualism and Supreme Justice; Chapter 11: The Americanization of Love
Chapter 12: Paradise FoundChapter 13: The Perfect State; Chapter 14: A Phantom Nation; Chapter 15: Weapons of Mass Distraction; Chapter 16: All That Glitters; Chapter 17: More Economic Oddities; Chapter 18: What Could Have Been; Chapter 19: Paradise Lost, Again; Chapter 20: Living and Dying by the Sword; Bibliography; Appendix: The American Waste Index; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823067303321 |
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Huer Jon
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| Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Labor avoidance : the origins of inhumanity / / Jon Huer
| Labor avoidance : the origins of inhumanity / / Jon Huer |
| Autore | Huer Jon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina |
341.6
341.66 |
| Soggetto topico |
Work - Social aspects
Work aversion Laziness |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6551-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; 1 Between Nature and Society; 2 Our "Human Nature"; 3 The Origins of All Things; 4 Trouble in Paradise; 5 Eden Revisited; 6 Between "Here" and "There"; 7 We Must Still Eat to Live; 8 Somebody Else's Labor; 9 Somebody Else's Energy; 10 Somebody Else's Life; 11 Romans, Nazis, and Americans; 12 To Work or Not to Work; 13 The Talented, Best, and Brightest Few; 14 The No-Labor Promise; 15 The Golden Age of America; 16 Capitalism Destroys America's Golden Age; 17 A Day in the New Paradise; 18 Adam Smith Never Knew Capitalism; 19 To Work or To Play; 20 Master or Slave
21 The Beginnings of Good and Evil22 From Tools to Machines; 23 Here Comes the Lazy Body; 24 The Sweet Stench of Power; 25 The Daring Escape that Failed; 26 What Was, What Is, What Might Have Been; 27 Two Variations and a Recapitulation; 28 Freewill and the Law; 29 Robinson Crusoe and "Friday"; 30 Crime as Short-Cut Labor; 31 The Obsolete Science of Economics; 32 Shared Labor, No Labor; 33 Jesus, Jefferson, Smith, and Marx; 34 The "New World" Becomes "Old"; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797189103321 |
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Huer Jon
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Labor avoidance : the origins of inhumanity / / Jon Huer
| Labor avoidance : the origins of inhumanity / / Jon Huer |
| Autore | Huer Jon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina |
341.6
341.66 |
| Soggetto topico |
Work - Social aspects
Work aversion Laziness |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6551-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; 1 Between Nature and Society; 2 Our "Human Nature"; 3 The Origins of All Things; 4 Trouble in Paradise; 5 Eden Revisited; 6 Between "Here" and "There"; 7 We Must Still Eat to Live; 8 Somebody Else's Labor; 9 Somebody Else's Energy; 10 Somebody Else's Life; 11 Romans, Nazis, and Americans; 12 To Work or Not to Work; 13 The Talented, Best, and Brightest Few; 14 The No-Labor Promise; 15 The Golden Age of America; 16 Capitalism Destroys America's Golden Age; 17 A Day in the New Paradise; 18 Adam Smith Never Knew Capitalism; 19 To Work or To Play; 20 Master or Slave
21 The Beginnings of Good and Evil22 From Tools to Machines; 23 Here Comes the Lazy Body; 24 The Sweet Stench of Power; 25 The Daring Escape that Failed; 26 What Was, What Is, What Might Have Been; 27 Two Variations and a Recapitulation; 28 Freewill and the Law; 29 Robinson Crusoe and "Friday"; 30 Crime as Short-Cut Labor; 31 The Obsolete Science of Economics; 32 Shared Labor, No Labor; 33 Jesus, Jefferson, Smith, and Marx; 34 The "New World" Becomes "Old"; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821654003321 |
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Huer Jon
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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