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Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract average consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology.

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Preface: "The New Colossus" Pt. 1: Making the Century American Ch. 1: Producers, Brokers, and Users of Knowledge Ch. 2: Defining Tools of Social Intelligence Ch. 3: Inventing the Average American Pt. 2: The Social Contract of the Market Ch. 4: Turning out Consumers Ch. 5: Deradicalizing Class Pt. 3: Embattled Identities Ch. 6: From Voluntarism to Pluralism Ch. 7: Enlarging the Polity Pt. 4: Exporting American Principles Ch. 8: Individualism and Modernization Ch. 9: The Power of Uncertainty Acknowledgments Notes Index

Why the American Century

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/15/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226994611, 978-0226994611
      ISBN10: 0226994619
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract average consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology.

      Table of Contents
      Preface: "The New Colossus" Pt. 1: Making the Century American Ch. 1: Producers, Brokers, and Users of Knowledge Ch. 2: Defining Tools of Social Intelligence Ch. 3: Inventing the Average American Pt. 2: The Social Contract of the Market Ch. 4: Turning out Consumers Ch. 5: Deradicalizing Class Pt. 3: Embattled Identities Ch. 6: From Voluntarism to Pluralism Ch. 7: Enlarging the Polity Pt. 4: Exporting American Principles Ch. 8: Individualism and Modernization Ch. 9: The Power of Uncertainty Acknowledgments Notes Index

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