Jumping at Shadows: the Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream 9781568585208, 9781568585192, 1568585209, 9781568587646, 1568587643

"Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens

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Jumping at Shadows: the Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream
9781568585208, 9781568585192, 1568585209, 9781568587646, 1568587643

Glossy television images of happy, industrious, and increasingly prosperous workers show a bright view of life in twenty

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Long before the war in Iraq and the economic crises of the early 21st century, Hollywood has depicted a grim view of lif

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Where does the Protestant work ethic come from? And how did America achieve such dominance in management for so long? &q

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James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 19

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"The QCs are in the house" (1948) -- The singing children (1931-1947) -- "The teenage Highway Que Cees, r

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"The QCs are in the house" (1948) -- The singing children (1931-1947) -- "The teenage Highway Que Cees, r

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The Unraveling of Scientism, a companion to Joseph Margolis's Reinventing Pragmatism, follows the thread of America

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In Trudeau and the End of a Canadian Dream Guy Laforest argues that Trudeau's constitutional reforms destroyed the

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Pragmatism's Advantage is a highly original reading of the contemporary interplay between pragmatism and continenta

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Collection of essays by Cumings on the complex problems of political economy and ideology, power and culture in East and

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