The Transformational Decade
Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency
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2012
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5908-6 (ISBN)
University Press of America (Verlag)
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The Transformational Decade attempts to show the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It illuminates a decade that challenged the essence of the free market and contested America’s role on the world stage.
The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States.
In some respects, this book is modeled after Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday, acclaimed books that sought to capture the spirit of the 1920s and ’30s. London sees the period from 2001 to 2008 as “post yesterday,” a period that broke with the past, challenged the essence of the free market, and contested America’s role on the world stage.
In an effort to limn these snapshots from recent history, London has written several “decade” books: The Overheated Decade, The Counterfeit Decade, and The Decade of Denial. This book, The Transformational Decade, differs in that it represents a separation from the past. London illuminates a decade that he considers to be a new and more frightful period than any in recent American history.
The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States.
In some respects, this book is modeled after Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday, acclaimed books that sought to capture the spirit of the 1920s and ’30s. London sees the period from 2001 to 2008 as “post yesterday,” a period that broke with the past, challenged the essence of the free market, and contested America’s role on the world stage.
In an effort to limn these snapshots from recent history, London has written several “decade” books: The Overheated Decade, The Counterfeit Decade, and The Decade of Denial. This book, The Transformational Decade, differs in that it represents a separation from the past. London illuminates a decade that he considers to be a new and more frightful period than any in recent American history.
Herbert I. London is president emeritus of the Hudson Institute, a world-renowned think tank in Washington, D.C., and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is professor emeritus and former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University. London has written or edited twenty-five books, including Decade of Denial: A Snapshot of America in the 1990s and America’s Secular Challenge.
Introduction
Chapter 1: America Agoniste
Chapter 2: The Age of Experimentation
Chapter 3: The Slippery Slope of Cultural Degradation
Chapter 4: False Prophets
Chapter 5: Technology Is Creating A Brave or Foolish New World
Chapter 6: The End of Bipartisanship
Chapter 7: Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Chapter 8: Things Fall Apart
Epilogue
Endnotes
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.7.2012 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 422 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-5908-X / 076185908X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-5908-6 / 9780761859086 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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