The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

For the authors

Support

Track a shipment

Company

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

Why the American Century?

Paperback • 2000 • English

Why the American Century?

By Olivier Zunz

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

‌

About the book

Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Ever since Henry Luce, the publisher of "Time" and "Life," proclaimed in 1941 that the 20th century is the "American Century," many Americans have been trying to understand their role in it. In a rein...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780226994628

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Why the American Century?

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

When the Clock Broke Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

When the Clock Broke Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

John Ganz

The end of history and the last man

The end of history and the last man

Francis Fukuyama

American patterns

American patterns

Torbjørn Sirevåg

Why liberalism failed

Why liberalism failed

Contemporary American Society

Contemporary American Society

David E. Nye

Modern America

Modern America

Erik Mustad

The New Spirit of Capitalism

The New Spirit of Capitalism

Luc Boltanski

Are We There Yet

Are We There Yet

Morris Berman

America Abroad

America Abroad

Stephen Brooks

The Making of European Consumption Facing the American Challenge

The Making of European Consumption Facing the American Challenge

P. Lundin

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Robert B. Reich

These United States - A Nation in the Making

These United States - A Nation in the Making

Thomas J. Sugrue

American Empire The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000

American Empire The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000

Joshua Freeman

Contemporary america

Contemporary america

Russell Duncan

Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Allan Bloom

The Post-American World Release 2.0

The Post-American World Release 2.0

Fareed Zakaria

Democracy in America

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

The american future

The american future

The New American Exceptionalism

The New American Exceptionalism

Donald E. Pease

Culture of the New Capitalism

Culture of the New Capitalism

Civilization A New History of the Western World

Civilization A New History of the Western World

Roger Osborne

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity

Robert Litan

Dark Ages America

Dark Ages America

Morris Berman

America at the Crossroads Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy

America at the Crossroads Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy

Francis Fukuyama

The united states in world history

The united states in world history

Edward Burne-Jones

Capitalism Unleashed

Capitalism Unleashed

Andrew Glyn

Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire

Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American Empire

Walden Bello

Why America's top pundits are wrong

Why America's top pundits are wrong

Besteman, Catherine

Colossus

Colossus

Niall Ferguson

American civilization. An introduction

American civilization. An introduction

David Mauk

The roaring nineties

The roaring nineties

Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Twilight of American Culture

The Twilight of American Culture

Morris Berman

An All-consuming Century Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

An All-consuming Century Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

Gary S. Cross

America Divided

America Divided

Maurice Isserman

Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s

Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s

David J. Goldberg

Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

Peter Lange, Herbert Kitschelt, Gary Marks, John D. Stephens

American Exceptionalism

American Exceptionalism

Deborah L.

The Grand Chessboard American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives

The Grand Chessboard American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Self-Rule A Cultural History of American Democracy

Self-Rule A Cultural History of American Democracy

Robert H. Wiebe

American Civilization

American Civilization

Norway) Mauk David (University of Oslo