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The world of nations

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An edition of The world of nations (1973)

The world of nations

reflections on American history, politics, and culture.

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Knopf; [distributed by Random House]
Language
English
Pages
348

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Cover of: The world of nations
The world of nations: reflections on American history, politics, and culture.
1974, Vintage Books
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The world of nations: reflections on American history, politics, and culture.
1973, Knopf; [distributed by Random House]
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Table of Contents

The limits of liberal reform: Origins of the asylum. Two "kindred spirits": sorority and family in New England, 1839-1846. Divorce and the "decline of the family." The woman reformer's rebuke. The Mormon Utopia. The anti-imperialists, the Philippines, and the inequality of man. The moral and intellectual rehabilitation of the ruling class.
Alternatives to liberalism: Is revolution obsolete? The professional revolutionary: Erikson's Gandhi. After the New Left. Populism, socialism, and McGovernism. The "counter-culture."
The so-called post-industrial society: "Realism" as a critique of American diplomacy. Sources of the cold war: a historical controversy. The foreign policy élite and the war in Vietnam. Educational structures and cultural fragmentation. The social thought of Jacques Ellul. Birth, death, and technology: the limits of cultural laissez-faire.
Notes and bibliography (p. 309-348).

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Dewey Decimal Class
309.1/04
Library of Congress
HN15.5 .L37

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 348, xiv p.
Number of pages
348

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OL5413087M
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worldofnations00chri
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0394483944
LCCN
73004309
OCLC/WorldCat
596385
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922807
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4470062

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