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American paradise : hidden ironies, contradictions, illusions, and delusions, paradoxes, dilemmas, and absurdities in American life / Jon Huer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huer, Jon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Landham, Md. : University Press of America, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. Huer discusses this alien part of America in American Paradise.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographic references (p. [195]) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-8624-9
- 1-283-59975-9
- 9786613912206
- 0-7618-5186-0
- OCLC:
- 855502227
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