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" Culture, capitalism, and democracy in the New America / "
Richard Harvey Brown
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BL
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626667
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Brown, Richard Harvey
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Culture, capitalism, and democracy in the New America /\ Richard Harvey Brown
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New Haven [Conn.] :: Yale University Press,, c2005
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ix, 355 p. ;; 25 cm
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0300100256 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-342) and index
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| Contents
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Differences that make a difference : some exceptional features of the United States -- A peculiar democracy : race, class, and corporate power in the United States -- Ideology after the millennium : problems of legitimacy in American society -- Social movements, politics, and religion in a postliberal era -- The dialectics of American selfhood : individualism and identity in the United States -- Transformations of American space and time -- Genders and generations : new strains in the American family -- The postmodern transformation of art : from production of beauty to consumption of signs
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"Drawing on his wide knowledge of American history and literature, as well as on the latest social science and contemporary social issues, Richard Harvey Brown investigates continuity and change in American race relations, politics, religion, conception of selfhood, families, and the arts. He demonstrates how an increasingly global political economy interacts with an increasingly fragmented American culture. By identifying key rhetorics that reflect and guide the material organization of American social life, he shows how postmodernism in America is perceived and felt by individuals. He also focuses on the strengths and limitations of American democracy. What emerges from this wide-ranging and original work is a vivid account of American society as a whole."--Jacket
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Democracy-- United States
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Political culture-- United States
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Capitalism-- United States
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306.2/0973
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JK1726.B77 2005
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