The American dream in the 21st century [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sandra L. Hanson, John Kenneth White |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0973/0905 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HansonSandra L
WhiteJohn Kenneth <1952-> |
Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - United States
Social values - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4399-0314-X
1-4399-0316-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: The Making and Persistence of the American Dream; 1. Twilight's Gleaming: The American Dream and the Ends of Republics; 2. The Politics of the American Dream, 1980 to 2008; 3. The Presidency and the Making of the American Dream; 4. Dreaming in Black and White; 5. Whose Dream? Gender and the American Dream; 6. Want Meets Necessity in the New American Dream; 7. Religion and the American Dream: A Catholic Reflection in a Generational Context; Conclusion: The American Dream: Where Are We?; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457013703321 |
Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 | ||
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The American dream in the 21st century [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sandra L. Hanson, John Kenneth White |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0973/0905 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HansonSandra L
WhiteJohn Kenneth <1952-> |
Soggetto topico |
Nationalism - United States
Social values - United States |
ISBN |
1-4399-0314-X
1-4399-0316-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: The Making and Persistence of the American Dream; 1. Twilight's Gleaming: The American Dream and the Ends of Republics; 2. The Politics of the American Dream, 1980 to 2008; 3. The Presidency and the Making of the American Dream; 4. Dreaming in Black and White; 5. Whose Dream? Gender and the American Dream; 6. Want Meets Necessity in the New American Dream; 7. Religion and the American Dream: A Catholic Reflection in a Generational Context; Conclusion: The American Dream: Where Are We?; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781330003321 |
Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 | ||
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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 |
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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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American thought and culture in the 21st century / / edited by Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 973.93 |
ISBN |
0-7486-7067-X
1-281-94772-5 9786611947729 0-7486-3132-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : The next American century? / Martin Halliwell, Catherine Morley -- pt. 1: Politics. American politics in the 1990s and 2000s / Dominic Sandbrook -- American leadership in to the new century / John Dumbrell -- 9/11 and US foreign policy / David Ryan -- Three variations on American liberalism / Peter Kuryla -- The rise of postmodern conservatism / Kevin Mattson -- US propaganda / Nancy Snow -- pt. 2: Society. Contemporary social criticism / Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn -- Religion in post-secular America / Wilfred M. McClay -- The US and globalisation / Howard Brick -- The future of medicine / Christopher Thomas Scott -- Technology in the 21st century / Carroll Pursell -- America and the environment / John Wills -- pt. 3: Culture. Contemporary American culture / Martin Halliwell -- Cultural pluralism and national identity / Rebecca Tillett -- Writing in the wake of 9/11 / Catherine Morley -- American ways of seeing / Liam Kennedy -- Television and digital media / Lynn Spigel, Max Dawson -- Animation and digital culture / Paul Wells. |
Altri titoli varianti | American Thought & Culture in the 21st Century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453314403321 |
Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008 | ||
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Be still! : departure from collective madness / / Gordon C. Stewart ; foreword by Eric Ringham ; introduction by Wayne G. Boulton |
Autore | Stewart Gordon C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Eugene, Oregon : , : Wipf & Stock, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (166 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.93 |
ISBN | 1-5326-0066-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162804703321 |
Stewart Gordon C.
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Eugene, Oregon : , : Wipf & Stock, , 2017 | ||
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A call for heresy [[electronic resource] ] : why dissent is vital to Islam and America / / Anouar Majid |
Autore | Majid Anouar <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 909.09767 |
Soggetto topico |
Islamic civilization - 21st century
East and West |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8166-5404-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Saints in peril -- Death in Cancún -- Specters of annihilation -- Islam and its discontents -- Regime change -- America and its discontents -- Vital heresies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452214003321 |
Majid Anouar <1960->
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A call for heresy : why dissent is vital to Islam and America / / Anouar Majid |
Autore | Majid Anouar <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) |
Disciplina | 909.09767 |
Soggetto topico |
Islamic civilization - 21st century
East and West |
ISBN | 0-8166-5404-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Saints in peril -- Death in Cancún -- Specters of annihilation -- Islam and its discontents -- Regime change -- America and its discontents -- Vital heresies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778339403321 |
Majid Anouar <1960->
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Coarseness in U.S. public communication / / Philip Dalton and Eric Kramer |
Autore | Dalton Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.20973 |
Collana | The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies |
Soggetto topico |
Communication - Political aspects - United States
Communication - Social aspects - United States Vulgarity - Social aspects - United States Communication and culture - United States Mass media and culture - United States Mass media - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-61147-694-1
1-61147-504-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: Atlas Slouched; 1 Noise, Fragmentation, and Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication; 2 Coarseness in the Public Sphere; 3 Coarseness in U.S. Politics; 4 Coarseness and Reason; 5 Art and Cultivated Vulgarity; 6 Postdenominational Christianity and Coarseness; 7 Entertainment and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme; Conclusion: Our Age of Cynicism; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463308403321 |
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Coarseness in U.S. public communication / / Philip Dalton and Eric Kramer |
Autore | Dalton Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.20973 |
Collana | The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies |
Soggetto topico |
Communication - Political aspects - United States
Communication - Social aspects - United States Vulgarity - Social aspects - United States Communication and culture - United States Mass media and culture - United States Mass media - Social aspects - United States |
ISBN |
1-61147-694-1
1-61147-504-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: Atlas Slouched; 1 Noise, Fragmentation, and Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication; 2 Coarseness in the Public Sphere; 3 Coarseness in U.S. Politics; 4 Coarseness and Reason; 5 Art and Cultivated Vulgarity; 6 Postdenominational Christianity and Coarseness; 7 Entertainment and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme; Conclusion: Our Age of Cynicism; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787923703321 |
Dalton Philip
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