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The Upswing How America Came Together a Century Ago and how We Can Do it Again

Paperback • 2021 • English

The Upswing How America Came Together a Century Ago and how We Can Do it Again

By Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett

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'The most important book in social science for many years' Paul Collier, TLS Books of the Year The Upswing is Robert D. Putnam's brilliant analysis of economic, social, cultural and political trends from the Gilded Age to the present, showing how America went from an individualistic 'I' society to a more communitarian 'We' society and then back again, and how we can all learn from that experience. In the late nineteenth century, America was highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polar...Show more

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9781800750371

Publisher

Swift Press

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The Upswing How America Came Together a Century Ago and how We Can Do it Again

Format

Paperback

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