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...
| Main Author: | Packer, George, 1960- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
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 |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434). |
| ISBN: |
9780374102418 (hardcover) 0374102414 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
Packer's experience with the Peace Corps helped him write the book The Village is Waiting. He has also written The Half Man, Central Square and The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. He was a supporter of the Iraq war. He was a finalist for the 2004 Michael Kelly Award. In 2013, Packer's work of nonfiction entitled, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, won the U.S. National Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) |