For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today 9780307757272, 0307757277

Jedediah Purdy calls For Common Things his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these

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For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today
9780307757272, 0307757277

While conventional assessments of the national quality of life focus on the economic and material dimensions of our soci

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A lawyer, social critic, and columnist at The American Prospect, Wendy Kaminer has said that she likes to think words ha

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The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy functions. However, African Americans have long suffered

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The early American legal system permeated the lives of colonists and reflected their sense of what was right and wrong,

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Ask someone their thoughts about "democracy" and you'll get many different responses. Some may presume it

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Provides new understanding of Franklin Roosevelt's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, claiming that he was activ

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The purpose of this edited book is to present and showcase the basic fundamentals, applications, and integration of both

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In Common Things explores the implacable agency of common substances in the life and literature of the Romantic period.

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This book explains IoT technology, its potential applications, the security and privacy aspects, the key necessities lik

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