American Vertigo Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville

Name: American Vertigo Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
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ISBN: 9780812974713

ISBN-10: 0812974719

ISBN-13: 9780812974713

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Authors: Bernard-Henri Lï¿½vy, Charlotte Mandell, Bernard-Henri Lï¿½vy

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What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? To answer these questions, celebrated philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Le vy spent a year traveling throughout the country in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America remains the most influential book ever written about our country. The result is American Vertigo, a fascinating, wholly fresh look at a country we sometimes only think we know. From Rikers Island to Chicago mega-churches, from Muslim communities in Detroit to an Amish enclave in Iowa, Le vy investigates issues at the heart of our democracy: the special nature of American patriotism, the coexistence of…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.91" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.572

Bernard-Henri Lï¿½vy is a philosopher, activist, filmmaker and author of over thirty books including The Genius of Judaism, American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared extensively in publications throughout Europe and the United States. His documentaries include Peshmerga, The Battle of Mosul, The Oath of Tobruk and Bosna! Lï¿½vy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racisme and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.