Publication

2000-05-01 - University Of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99089987
  • LibraryThing16452
  • Goodreads1308660

Classifications

  • LCCJC575.F64 2000

Description

"Fogel contends that the ethical and political crises that currently beset the nation are the most recent manifestations of the recurring effort to bring human institutions into balance with the massive technological changes that drastically transform the economy and periodically destabilize the prevailing culture. Today, as in the past, that process of adjustment involves the rise of powerful religious/political movements which historians refer to as "Great Awakenings.""--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Americans are more deeply divided and angry with each other today than at any time since the 1850s.

Excerpt

Americans are more deeply divided and angry with each other today than at any time since the 1850s.

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