American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life

American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / Jon Huer.

"The way we live, work, and die--alone and with other Americans--have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us."--Page 4 of cover

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huer, Jon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Landham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2010.
Subjects:
2000-2099
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Civilization
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Civilization > 21st century.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Readers' Comments on American Paradise:; Table of Contents; Introduction. Welcome to American Paradise; Chapter 1: The Great American Temptation; Chapter 2: The Axis of Evil Temptation; Chapter 3: Merchants of Death; Chapter 4: Paradise Up Close; Chapter 5: What America Has Become; Chapter 6: Life, Liberty, and Happiness; Chapter 7: Freedom's Progress; Chapter 8: The Incredibly Shrinking Nation; Chapter 9: Lifestyle and Other Oddities; Chapter 10: Individualism and Supreme Justice; Chapter 11: The Americanization of Love.
  • Chapter 12: Paradise FoundChapter 13: The Perfect State; Chapter 14: A Phantom Nation; Chapter 15: Weapons of Mass Distraction; Chapter 16: All That Glitters; Chapter 17: More Economic Oddities; Chapter 18: What Could Have Been; Chapter 19: Paradise Lost, Again; Chapter 20: Living and Dying by the Sword; Bibliography; Appendix: The American Waste Index; Index; About the Author.

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