Why the American Century?

Preface: "The New Colossus"Pt. 1: Making the Century AmericanCh. 1: Producers, Brokers, and Users of Knowledge Ch. 2: Defining Tools of Social Intelligence Ch. 3: Inventing the Average American Pt. 2: The Social Contract of the MarketCh. 4: Turning out Consumers Ch. 5: Deradicalizing Class Pt. 3: Embattled IdentitiesCh. 6: From Voluntarism to Pluralism Ch. 7: Enlarging the Polity Pt. 4: Exporting American Principles Ch. 8: Individualism and Modernization Ch. 9: The Power of Uncertainty Acknowledgments Notes Index

Riassunto

Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Olivier Zunz, Olivier (University of Virginia) Zunz, Zunz Olivier
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2000
• EAN: 9780226994628
• ISBN: 978-0-226-99462-8
• Pagine: 270
• Dimensioni: 17 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Peso: 425 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political science & theory, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, Political science and theory, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Political ideologies and movements, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)