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Measuring America: How Economic Growth Came to Define American Greatness in the Late Twentieth Century
Andrew L. Yarrow
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Description for Measuring America: How Economic Growth Came to Define American Greatness in the Late Twentieth Century
Paperback. Explores two parallel, interlocking stories--of how economic ideas came to have vastly greater influence on American culture after World War II, and how those ideas dovetailed with a growing belief that the meaning and value of the U.S. resided in its mate Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
The United States has always fancied itself a nation apart--""exceptional"" in its values, traditions, and way of life. For most of the country's history, ideas about what made America distinctive generally were framed in terms of a liberal idealism rooted in the thought of John Locke and articulated by Jefferson, Madison, and other Founders. While some commentators also observed that the United States was a land of plenty, it wasn't until the mid-twentieth century that material abundance emerged as the principal standard of American ""greatness,"" as measured by a host of new economic indicators. Beginning in earnest in the wake ... Read more
The United States has always fancied itself a nation apart--""exceptional"" in its values, traditions, and way of life. For most of the country's history, ideas about what made America distinctive generally were framed in terms of a liberal idealism rooted in the thought of John Locke and articulated by Jefferson, Madison, and other Founders. While some commentators also observed that the United States was a land of plenty, it wasn't until the mid-twentieth century that material abundance emerged as the principal standard of American ""greatness,"" as measured by a host of new economic indicators. Beginning in earnest in the wake ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558498358
SKU
V9781558498358
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