Exceptional America what divides Americans from the world and from each other
"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 imagina...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press
[2017]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44677121*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- One 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.
