The Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America. Winner of the National Book Award 2013
(Sprache: Englisch)
American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic economic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, leaving the social contract in pieces and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. George Packer...
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American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic economic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and losers, leaving the social contract in pieces and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. George Packer narrates the story of this America over the past three decades with his sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives.
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A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation. Packer journeys through the lives of several Americans including a son of a tobacco farmer, a factory worker in the Rust Belt, a Washington insider, a Silicon Valley billionaire, and others.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Unwinding “
ProloguePART I
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
PART II
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
PART III
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
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
Autoren-Porträt von George Packer
George Packer gilt als einer der besten Journalisten und Sachbuchautoren Amerikas. Er ist festes Mitglied der Redaktion des New Yorker und Autor mehrerer preisgekrönter Bücher. George Packer lebt in Brooklyn. Im Frühjahr 2014 war er Fellow an der renommierten American Academy in Berlin.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: George Packer
- 2014, VI, 434 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan US
- ISBN-10: 0374534608
- ISBN-13: 9780374534608
Sprache:
Englisch
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