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Exceptional America : what divides Americans from the world and from each other
Exceptional America  : what divides Americans from the world and from each other / Mugambi...
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Exceptional America : what divides Americans from the world and from each other
자료유형  
 전자책
 
n972734247
ISBN  
9780520966468 (electronic bk.)
ISBN  
0520966465 (electronic bk.)
ISBN  
9780520293298 (cloth alkaline paper)
ISBN  
0520293290 (cloth alkaline paper)
미국회청구기호  
E169.12-.J68 2017eb
DDC  
973-23
소장사항  
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저자명  
Jouet, Mugambi , 1981-
서명/저자  
Exceptional America : what divides Americans from the world and from each other / Mugambi Jouet
형태사항  
1 online resource.
서지주기  
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-341) and index.
초록/해제  
요약 :"Why does a country built on the concept of liberty have the highest incarceration rate in the world? How could the first Western nation to elect a person of color as its leader suffer from institutional racism? How does Christian fundamentalism coexist with gay marriage in the American imagination? In essence, what makes the United States exceptional? In this provocative exploration of American exceptionalism, Mugambi Jouet explores why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues--including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, the literal truth of the Bible, abortion, gay rights, gun control, mass incarceration, and war. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, Jouet, raised in Paris by a French mother and a Kenyan father, wields his multicultural sensibility to parse the ways in which the intense polarization of U.S. conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism--an idea widely misunderstood to mean American superiority. Instead, Jouet contends that exceptionalism, once a source of strength, may now spell decline, as unique features of U.S. history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts and injustices. This book offers a brilliant dissection of the American soul, in all of its outsize, clashing, and striking manifestations."--Provided by publisher.
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완전내용One nation, divisible -- From the American Enlightenment to anti-intellectualism -- The exceptional influence of Christian fundamentalism -- The culture wars of faith, sex, and gender -- Between democracy and plutocracy -- Millions standing against their own economic interest -- Mass incarceration, executions, and gun violence in "the land of the free" -- America and the world.
일반주제명  
Exceptionalism United States
일반주제명  
National characteristics, American
주제명-지명  
United States Social policy.
주제명-지명  
United States Economic policy.
주제명-지명  
United States Politics and government 21st century.
일반주제명  
Economic policy.
일반주제명  
Exceptionalism.
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National characteristics, American.
일반주제명  
Politics and government.
일반주제명  
Social policy.
주제명-지명  
United States.
일반주제명  
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
기타형태저록  
Print versionJouet, Mugambi, 1981- Exceptional America. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520293298 (DLC) 2016046909 (OCoLC)961266515
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