American mythos:why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 288 p.: ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
069112504X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691125046 |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: | D771.28 |
Call Number: | D771.28/W973 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-276) and index. Deep culture and democratic renewal -- Quandaries of individualism -- The justice of privilege -- Self-made men and women -- In America, all religions are true -- Ethnic ties that bind (loosely) -- Saving ourselves from materialism -- Venues for reflective democracy. |