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The Transformational Decade. Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency.
Herbert I. London
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Description for The Transformational Decade. Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency.
Hardback. The Transformational Decade attempts to show the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It illuminates a decade that challenged the essence of the free market and contested America's role on the world stage. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States. In some respects, this book is modeled after Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday, acclaimed books that sought to capture the spirit of the 1920s and ’30s. London sees the period from 2001 to 2008 as “post yesterday,” a period that broke with the past, challenged the essence of the ... Read more
The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States. In some respects, this book is modeled after Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday, acclaimed books that sought to capture the spirit of the 1920s and ’30s. London sees the period from 2001 to 2008 as “post yesterday,” a period that broke with the past, challenged the essence of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761859086
SKU
V9780761859086
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About Herbert I. London
Herbert I. London is president emeritus of the Hudson Institute, a world-renowned think tank in Washington, D.C., and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is professor emeritus and former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University. London has written or edited twenty-five books, including Decade of Denial: A Snapshot of America in the 1990s and ... Read more
Reviews for The Transformational Decade. Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency.
There is always this complication involved in reading an analysis of our current cultural rot as seen through the eyes of Herbert London: he is himself one of the most consoling contradictions of his own diagnosis.
Midge Decter Anyone who cares about the future of America will want to read Herb London's wise and clear-sighted reflections in The ... Read more
Midge Decter Anyone who cares about the future of America will want to read Herb London's wise and clear-sighted reflections in The ... Read more