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American Paradise
Jon H. Huer
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Description for American Paradise
Paperback. The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Huer discusses this alien part of America in American Paradise. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Such a thought is compelling enough to motivate a sociologist to start writing down what he thinks about the hidden America. Then, what emerges from this effort is a picture of America that is at once so familiar and so alien. It is the alien part of America that troubles us, that scares us, and that pushes us to escape into ... Read more
The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Such a thought is compelling enough to motivate a sociologist to start writing down what he thinks about the hidden America. Then, what emerges from this effort is a picture of America that is at once so familiar and so alien. It is the alien part of America that troubles us, that scares us, and that pushes us to escape into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761851851
SKU
V9780761851851
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About Jon H. Huer
Jon Huer received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1975 and is professor of sociology at the University of Maryland University College. He has written a dozen books of social criticism, including The Wages of Sin, Tenure for Socrates, and also The Dead End, which TIME Magazine's Lance Morrow called "an important and often brilliant book."
Reviews for American Paradise
…it forces the reader…to examine all of his of her shortcomings and false truths that are constantly placed in our minds by society, ourselves, the media. American Paradise is effective because it is real. All of the irony and contradictions that swirl around us everyday…are clearly identified in the text so that an honest, hard look can be taken not ... Read more