The narcissism of minor differences : how America and Europe are alike : an essay in numbers /
There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. According to the American right, Europeans are lazy, defeatist and irreligious, while Americans are entrepreneurial, optimistic, and pious. And according to Europeans, America is harsh, dominated by the market, crime-r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. According to the American right, Europeans are lazy, defeatist and irreligious, while Americans are entrepreneurial, optimistic, and pious. And according to Europeans, America is harsh, dominated by the market, crime-ridden, violent, and sharp-elbowed. But are the US and Europe so different? Peter Baldwin, one of the world's leading historians of comparative social policy, thinks not, and in this bracingly argued but remarkably informed polemic, he lays out how similar the two continents really are. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 321 pages) : illustrations (black and white). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197562741 (ebook) 0197562744 (ebook) |