Understanding America

Understanding America

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9781586486952
Untertitel:
The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation
Genre:
Geschichte
Autor:
James Wilson, Peter Schuck
Herausgeber:
Little, Brown and Company
Anzahl Seiten:
704
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.04.2009
ISBN:
978-1-58648-695-2

Explores America's quintessential values, systems, institutions, challenges and dilemmas. This book outlines the state of American institutions - from the legal system to marriage to the military to the war on drugs - and anticipate where they are heading in the future.

Autorentext
Peter H. Schuck is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is the author of several books.

James Q. Wilson, a former president of the American Political Science Association, and a former professor at Harvard and UCLA. He was decorated with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.

Klappentext
The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial. In this dazzlingly comprehensive collection of essays, some of the nation's best scholars and thinkers take on the weighty task of sizing up Goliath in a way Americans and others can comprehend. These twenty studies in American exceptionalism provide a solidly researched and in-depth analysis on the current state of our institutions, our values, and our challenges for the future.

Zusammenfassung
A rich, thought-provoking exploration of America's quintessential values, institutions, and challenges, by the nation's top scholars


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