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The character of nations : how politics makes and breaks prosperity, family, and civility / Angelo M. Codevilla.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Codevilla, Angelo, 1943-2021.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moral conditions.
- Political culture.
- Social values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Other Title:
- How politics makes and breaks prosperity, family, and civility
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the tradition of Thomas Sowell and Stephen Carter, a broad cross-cultural study of how the nature of a regime affects the character of its people.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I REGIMES AND CHARACTER; 1 REGIMES; 2 TONE AND CHARACTER; 3 THE CHARACTER OF DEMOCRACY; PART II WHAT DIFFERENCES REGIMES MAKE; 4 THE SOVIET LEGACY; 5 PROSPERITY; 6 CIVILITY; 7 FAMILY; 8 THE SOUL; 9 THE ULTIMATE TEST; PART III OUR CHARACTER; 10 TOCQUEVILLE'S AMERICA; 11 WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OURSELVES?; 12 THE CULTURE WARS; 13 AMERICA'S DEFENDERS; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45995-3
- 9786612459955
- 0-7867-2699-7
- OCLC:
- 818855153
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