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The American Future
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Author : Simon Schama
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-05-19
The American Future written by Simon Schama and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-19 with History categories.
“With eloquence, wit, passion, and irony, The American Future traces the history of an idea: that of our national destiny….A book of beautiful writing, peppered with wisecracks, slashed with rapier thrusts.” —Philadelphia Inquirer A De Tocqueville for the 21st century, Simon Schama, NBCC Award winning author of Rough Crossings offers an essential, historical, long view analysis of the American character in The American Future. Shama examines four themes—war, race and faith, immigration, and custodianship of the land—through the prism of the historic 2008 presidential election in a magnificent work that the Wall Street Journal calls a “celebration of American resiliency.” Niall Ferguson says, “I hope Obama will have this book on his bedside table.”
The American Future
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Author : Simon Schama
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-08-31
The American Future written by Simon Schama and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-31 with History categories.
The American Future traces the history of a country whose most enduring trait is its capacity for self-renewal, especially at times of disaster. Examining issues of power, race and immigration, religious fervour and prosperity, this masterful portrait of the world's most controversial superpower looks backwards and forwards to understand why now, more than ever, the fate of America, and by extension the rest of the world, is hanging in the balance.
1957
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Author : Eric Burns
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2020-08-03
1957 written by Eric Burns and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with History categories.
From Sputnik and the beginning of the space race to Little Richard and the underappreciated influence of rock n' roll in bringing blacks and whites closer together, to President Eisenhower's Interstate Highway Act, which forever changed the landscape, 1957 represents the year when all of the energy and anxiety that had followed the end of World War II exploded.
Yesterday S Tomorrows
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Author : Joseph J. Corn
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1996-05-15
Yesterday S Tomorrows written by Joseph J. Corn and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05-15 with History categories.
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
The American Future
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Author : Simon Schama
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The American Future written by Simon Schama and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Nationalism categories.
In November 2008 the United States elected a new President. But the imminent collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history; how it came to find itself in multiple crises and how an America that began as 'the last, best hope of earth' came to be so suspected and vilified around much of the world. The American Future: A History, written by an author who has spent half his life there, takes the long view of how the United States has come to this anguished moment of truth about its own identity as a nation and its place in the world.
Population And The American Future
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Author : United States. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Population And The American Future written by United States. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Population categories.
The American Future Lp
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Author : Simon Schama
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-06-02
The American Future Lp written by Simon Schama and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with History categories.
The acclaimed historian and award-winning author offers an essential, historical, outsider's perspective on the crucial 2008 presidential election and its importance for reclaiming America's original ideal. It's not business as usual. Cultural hostilities have divided America in two irreconcilable blocs more completely than at any time since the Civil War. In November 2008, the American people elected a new president, feeling more anxious about the future of the nation than at any time since Watergate. Our omnipotent military, the cornucopia of material comforts available, the security of borders, and the global economy all seem to be in question. In The American Future, historian Simon Schama takes a long look at the multiple crises besetting the United States and asks: How do these problems look in the mirror of time? In four crucial debates (wars, religion, race and immigration, and the relationship between natural resources and prosperity), Schama looks back to see more clearly into the future. Full of lost insights, The American Future showcases Schama's acclaimed gift for storytelling, ensuring these voices will be heard again.
Future
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Author : Lawrence R. Samuel
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-12-03
Future written by Lawrence R. Samuel and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-03 with Social Science categories.
The history of our attitudes toward the possibilities of tomorrow:“A fascinating trek through American future visions from the 1920s to the present.” —Lori C. Walters, Ph.D., University of Central Florida The future is not a fixed idea but a highly variable one that reflects the values of those who are imagining it. By studying the ways that visionaries imagined the future—particularly that of America—in the past century, much can be learned about the cultural dynamics of the times. In this social history, Lawrence R. Samuel examines the future visions of intellectuals, artists, scientists, businesspeople, and others to tell a chronological story about the history of the future in the past century. He defines six separate eras of future narratives from 1920 to the present day, and argues that the milestones reached during these years—especially related to air and space travel, atomic and nuclear weapons, the women’s and civil rights movements, and the advent of biological and genetic engineering—sparked the possibilities of tomorrow in the public’s imagination, and helped make the twentieth century the first century to be significantly more about the future than the past. The idea of the future grew both in volume and importance as it rode the technological wave into the new millennium, and the author tracks the process by which most people, to some degree, have now become futurists as the need to anticipate tomorrow accelerates.
Imagining The Future
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Author : Yuval Levin
language : en
Publisher: Encounter Books
Release Date : 2008-10-10
Imagining The Future written by Yuval Levin and has been published by Encounter Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-10 with Science categories.
From stem cell research to global warming, human cloning, evolution, and beyond, political debates about science have raged in recent years - and, to the chagrin of most observers, have increasingly fallen into the familiar categories of America's culture wars. In Imagining the Future: Science and American Democracy, Yuval Levin explores the complicated meanings of science and technology in American politics and finds that the science debates have a lot to teach us about our political life. These debates, Levin argues, reveal some serious challenges to American self-government, and put on stark display the deepest strengths and greatest weaknesses of both the left and the right. "American life has been profoundly shaped by science and technology, and will be all the more so in the coming decades, making it crucial that we understand how to think and speak about science in politics. Yuval Levin's smart and eminently well-reasoned book makes the important point that the purpose of science is a moral one -- to improve human life -- and that judging what that involves is sometimes a job for more than science alone in a democratic society. Levin's insights speak directly to today's political debates and make his book a must-read for policymakers and all those who care about science and society." --Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House "Imagining the Future goes far beyond the contemporary polarized debates over science to unpack the moral premises of the modern scientific project and its consequences for American democracy. In the process, Yuval Levin provides us with a deep understanding of policy issues from genetic engineering to global warming." --Francis Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins University "This book is important to the thinking of both progressives and conservatives. Clearly and incisively, it shows how science and technology are shaping humanity's future and world views. Levin alerts democratic societies that human dignity and equality are imperiled unless we provide political and moral guidance to prevent the submergence of humanity in its own ingenuity." --Edmund Pellegrino, Chairman, President's Council on Bioethics
Population And The American Future
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Author : United States. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Population And The American Future written by United States. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Population categories.