America's Midlife Crisis The Future of a Troubled Superpower

Name: America's Midlife Crisis The Future of a Troubled Superpower
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ISBN: 9781931930079

ISBN-10: 1931930074

ISBN-13: 9781931930079

Edition: 2008

Authors: Gary R. Weaver, Adam Mendelson

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"America's Midlife Crisis examines the culture of America at a crucial point in its history and development. Along the way something happened to the fundamental nature of American culture: a midlife crisis. From the founding of the republic through the many conflicts over the years, from the Puritan roots to recent waves of immigration, from race to religion, America's Midlife Crisis examines the values, beliefs and behavior of an increasingly complex society that is struggling with its place in 1 the new world order." "There has been a seismic shift, far beyond normal cyclic changes, in cultural and political trends in the United States. Following 9/11 - no longer as confident in the…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Intercultural Press, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 263
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.00" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English




9/11 - A Challenge to American Culture



American National Culture: A Matter of Culture and History



What Is the American Culture and What Is a "Typical" American?



Melting Pots to Mosaics: Race and Immigration



From John Winthrop to John Wayne: Exceptionalism, Self-Reliance, and Cowboy Values



"Don't Just Stand There, Do Something!"



American Civic Culture



Prosperity at Home, Prestige Abroad: Foreign Policy



What Holds America Together Also Tears It Apart



A National Midlife Crisis? Where Do We Go from Here?


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