The unwinding : an inner history of the new America /
Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own scheme...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 434 pages ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2013 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434). |
| ISBN: | 9780374102418 (hardcover) 0374102414 (hardcover) |