登入選單

返回Google圖書搜尋

Magical Thinking and the Decline of America

Richard L. Rapson

出版	Xlibris, 2007
主題	History / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General
ISBN	14257711309781425771133
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Q-YmJQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

In Magical Thinking and the Decline of America, Richard L. Rapson, a leading cultural historian, engages in a unique dialogue. Twenty years ago he wrote American Yearnings: Love, Money, and Endless Possibility. This book looked at large issues of the day from a historical perspective: show business, warlike behavior, love of money, science and religion, marital and sexual behavior, foreign policy, and more. He found everywhere in American life an exaggerated optimism that often led to serious miscalculations, both in public policy and private lives. Now he re-engages that work to see how his original arguments have fared. Have the tumultuous last two decades re-enforced or weakened his analysis? Though this book is a conversation, 20 years apart, between the author and his earlier self, the reader will find it easy, stimulating, and provocative to join in.