The American Civilizing Process

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3209-4

Paperback

400 pages

October 2007, Polity

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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Highly original, provocative account of how America came to be what it is today
Engagingly written, so likely to appeal beyond specialists in this area, as well as find upper-level course adoption
Huge span - from first American settlers to the current day
Masterly analysis of themes such as: American manners and lifestyles; violence in American society; the ‘curse of the American Dream’ and increasing inequality; the religiosity of American life
Offers a very different perspective on the crisis facing US society, which goes far beyond the usual occupation with Iraq and neo-conservative politics