The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
What's past is prologue -- Economics : the rise and fall of equality -- Politics : from tribalism to comity and back again -- Society : between isolation and solidarity -- Culture : individualism vs. community -- Race and the American "we" -- Gender and the American "we" -- The arc of the twentieth century -- Drift and mastery.
Subjects:
Individualism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Individualism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Individualism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Individualism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781982129149
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Put | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/3/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-445) and index.