American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer
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Huer Jon
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| Titolo: |
American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / / Jon Huer
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| Pubblicazione: | Landham, Md., : University Press of America, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 301.0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Civilization 21st century |
| United States Social conditions 21st century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographic references (p. [195]) and index. |
| 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Huer discusses this alien part of America in American Paradise. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | American paradise |
| ISBN: | 0-7618-8624-9 |
| 1-283-59975-9 | |
| 9786613912206 | |
| 0-7618-5186-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972404803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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