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The Cracked Bell: America and the Afflictions of Liberty by Tristram Smith
The Cracked Bell: America and the Afflictions of Liberty by Tristram Smith
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In this groundbreaking book, Tristram Riley-Smith charts the cultural landscape of a conflicted America in the opening decade of the 21st Century and addresses two key questions:
Why is it that a nation that is so clear about its destiny leaves the world confused about its direction of travel; and why is it that a people intent on the pursuit of happiness appears so unsettled?
Delving beneath the chaotic surface of American society, Riley-Smith exposes the enduring fault-lines in the cultural bedrock. In doing so, he offers up a panoramic snapshot of American society, flash-lit by the thunderbolts of '9/11', Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 Credit Crash and the inauguration of President Obama.
The Cracked Bell gets to the heart of what it means to live in Obama's America, addressing questions of identity and power, belief and value, liberty and law, innovation and tradition, commerce and consumption, nature and civilization, war and peace.
Publication date: 2010-01-28
Pages: 288
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781849011044-N
Dimensions: 197.0 x 0.0 x 132.0 mm
Weight: 0.273 kg
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