The Resource The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
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- Summary
- American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In this book the author tells the story of the United States over the past three decades. The book journeys through the lives of several Americans, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers, who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the Rust Belt trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington insider oscillating between political idealism and the lure of organized money; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who questions the Internet's significance and arrives at a radical vision of the future. The author interweaves these intimate stories with biographical sketches of the era's leading public figures, from Newt Gingrich to Jay-Z, and collages made from newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, and song lyrics that capture the flow of events and their undercurrents. Through an examination of the lives of these Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, the book portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Contents
-
- 1978
- Dean Price
- Total war: Newt Gingrich
- Jeff Connaughton
- 1984
- Tammy Thomas
- Her own: Oprah Winfrey
- Jeff Connaughton
- 1987
- Craftsman: Raymond Carver
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- Mr. Sam: Sam Walton
- 1994
- Jeff Connaughton
- Silicon Valley
- 1999
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- 2003
- Institution man (1): Colin Powell
- Jeff Connaughton
- Dean Price
- Radish Queen: Alice Waters
- Tampa
- Silicon Valley
- 2008
- Institution man (2): Robert Rubin
- Jeff Connaughton
- Tammy Thomas
- Dean Price
- Just business: Jay-Z
- Tampa
- Jeff Connaughton
- 2010
- Citizen journalist: Andrew Breitbart
- Tampa
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- Tampa
- Prairie populist: Elizabeth Warren
- Wall Street
- 2012
- Silicon Valley
- Jeff Connaughton
- Tampa
- Tammy Thomas
- Dean Price
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America
- Title
- The unwinding
- Title remainder
- an inner history of the new America
- Statement of responsibility
- George Packer
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biography
- Celebrities
- Celebrities -- United States -- Biography
- Celebrities -- United States -- Biography
- Crises
- Crises -- United States
- History
- Politicians
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Politics and government
- Since 1969
- Social Problems -- United States
- Social conditions
- Social problems
- Biografie
- Social problems -- United States
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Sozialer Wandel
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- History -- 1969-
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Social problems -- United States
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In this book the author tells the story of the United States over the past three decades. The book journeys through the lives of several Americans, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers, who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the Rust Belt trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington insider oscillating between political idealism and the lure of organized money; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who questions the Internet's significance and arrives at a radical vision of the future. The author interweaves these intimate stories with biographical sketches of the era's leading public figures, from Newt Gingrich to Jay-Z, and collages made from newspaper headlines, advertising slogans, and song lyrics that capture the flow of events and their undercurrents. Through an examination of the lives of these Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, the book portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation
- Awards note
- National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2013
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Packer, George
- Dewey number
- 973.924
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E839
- LC item number
- .P28 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social problems
- Crises
- Politicians
- Celebrities
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Celebrities
- Crises
- Politicians
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Social problems
- United States
- Social problems
- Crises
- Politicians
- Celebrities
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Sozialer Wandel
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Biografie
- USA
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Social problems
- United States
- Politicians
- Celebrities
- Social Problems
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1978 -- Dean Price -- Total war: Newt Gingrich -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1984 -- Tammy Thomas -- Her own: Oprah Winfrey -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1987 -- Craftsman: Raymond Carver -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Mr. Sam: Sam Walton -- 1994 -- Jeff Connaughton -- Silicon Valley -- 1999 -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- 2003 -- Institution man (1): Colin Powell -- Jeff Connaughton -- Dean Price -- Radish Queen: Alice Waters -- Tampa -- Silicon Valley -- 2008 -- Institution man (2): Robert Rubin -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price -- Just business: Jay-Z -- Tampa -- Jeff Connaughton -- 2010 -- Citizen journalist: Andrew Breitbart -- Tampa -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Tampa -- Prairie populist: Elizabeth Warren -- Wall Street -- 2012 -- Silicon Valley -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tampa -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price
- Control code
- ocn812252804
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Lccn
- 2013004431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374102418
- (OCoLC)812252804
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1978 -- Dean Price -- Total war: Newt Gingrich -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1984 -- Tammy Thomas -- Her own: Oprah Winfrey -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1987 -- Craftsman: Raymond Carver -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Mr. Sam: Sam Walton -- 1994 -- Jeff Connaughton -- Silicon Valley -- 1999 -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- 2003 -- Institution man (1): Colin Powell -- Jeff Connaughton -- Dean Price -- Radish Queen: Alice Waters -- Tampa -- Silicon Valley -- 2008 -- Institution man (2): Robert Rubin -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price -- Just business: Jay-Z -- Tampa -- Jeff Connaughton -- 2010 -- Citizen journalist: Andrew Breitbart -- Tampa -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Tampa -- Prairie populist: Elizabeth Warren -- Wall Street -- 2012 -- Silicon Valley -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tampa -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price
- Control code
- ocn812252804
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Lccn
- 2013004431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374102418
- (OCoLC)812252804
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Celebrities
- Celebrities -- United States -- Biography
- Celebrities -- United States -- Biography
- Crises
- Crises -- United States
- History
- Politicians
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Politics and government
- Since 1969
- Social Problems -- United States
- Social conditions
- Social problems
- Biografie
- Social problems -- United States
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Sozialer Wandel
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Biography
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- History -- 1969-
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Social problems -- United States
- Biographies
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