America ascendant : a revolutionary nation's path to addressing its deepest problems and leading the 21st century /
America is poised to lead the 21st century, as it led the 20th. The country is at a tipping point in the battle for its own renewal, a renewal that will allow America to be exceptional again. Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration, innovation, big data and advanced...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- America at a tipping point
- Part I: America : the exceptional nation. America's economic ascendancy ; America's cultural exceptionalism
- Part II: America's deepest problems. Contradictions of the new economy ; Contradictions of the new society
- Part III: Political disruption. Revolutions and counterrevolution : the battle for American values ; The Democratic ascendancy ; The end of the Republican party as we know it
- Part IV: Addressing America's contradictions. The conservative interregnum ; From Reagan Democrats to the new America
- Part V: New progressive era. The Progressive Era: "To cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil" ; Momentum for reform ; The state of the Union.