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Aiming to provide a balanced introduction to the defining features of contemporary American society, this text includes the ways in which the US can be considered "exceptional" - the character of the "American dream", the role of ethnicity and race and the differences between the regions.

Table of Contents

1. American exceptionalism
2. The American dream and the modern economy
3. Individualism and conformity
4. Communities, civic decline and Bowling Alone
5. The family, sex, and sexuality
6. Race, ethnicity, and ‘Balkanisation’
7. ‘One nation indivisible’: the American regions
8. September 11th and after

American Society Today Politics Today

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 10/31/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780719060229
      978-0719060229
      ISBN-10 0719060222

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Aiming to provide a balanced introduction to the defining features of contemporary American society, this text includes the ways in which the US can be considered "exceptional" - the character of the "American dream", the role of ethnicity and race and the differences between the regions.

      Table of Contents

      1. American exceptionalism
      2. The American dream and the modern economy
      3. Individualism and conformity
      4. Communities, civic decline and Bowling Alone
      5. The family, sex, and sexuality
      6. Race, ethnicity, and ‘Balkanisation’
      7. ‘One nation indivisible’: the American regions
      8. September 11th and after

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