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245 10 a| Last best hope :b| America in crisis and renewal /c| George Packer.;

246 3 a| America in crisis and renewal;

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500 a| "Portions of this work originally appeared in The Atlantic and The New Yorker."--Title page verso;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224).;

505 0 a| Prologue -- Strange defeat -- Four Americas -- Equal America -- Equalizers -- Make America again -- Epilogue.;

520 a| 2020: A ruthless pandemic, an inept and malign government response, polarizing protests, and an election marred by conspiracy theories left many citizens in despair about their country and its democratic experiment. Packer explores four narratives that now dominate American life: Free America, which imagines a nation of separate individuals and serves the interests of corporations and the wealthy; Smart America, the world view of Silicon Valley and the professional elite; Real America, the white Christian nationalism of the heartland; and Just America, which sees citizens as members of identity groups that inflict or suffer oppression. He shows that none of these narratives can sustain a democracy: we must look for a common American identity and find it in the passion for equality that Americans of diverse persuasions have held for centuries. -- adapted from jacket;

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Last best hope : America in crisis and renewal / George Packer.

Author/creator	Packer, George, 1960- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Copyright Date	©2021
Description	226 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Crises--United States. Democracy--United States. Equality--United States. United States--History. United States--Social conditions. United States--Politics and government. --21st century.

Variant title	America in crisis and renewal
Contents	Prologue -- Strange defeat -- Four Americas -- Equal America -- Equalizers -- Make America again -- Epilogue.
Abstract	2020: A ruthless pandemic, an inept and malign government response, polarizing protests, and an election marred by conspiracy theories left many citizens in despair about their country and its democratic experiment. Packer explores four narratives that now dominate American life: Free America, which imagines a nation of separate individuals and serves the interests of corporations and the wealthy; Smart America, the world view of Silicon Valley and the professional elite; Real America, the white Christian nationalism of the heartland; and Just America, which sees citizens as members of identity groups that inflict or suffer oppression. He shows that none of these narratives can sustain a democracy: we must look for a common American identity and find it in the passion for equality that Americans of diverse persuasions have held for centuries. -- adapted from jacket
General note	"Portions of this work originally appeared in The Atlantic and The New Yorker."--Title page verso
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224).
Genre/form	Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
Genre/form	Social Science.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Social sciences.
LCCN	2021934375
ISBN	9780374603663 (hardcover)
ISBN	0374603669 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781250849304 (paperback)
ISBN	1250849306 (paperback)

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