Why the American Century?

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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...Vis mer