1st Edition
Second-Rate Nation From the American Dream to the American Myth
By Sam D. Sieber
Copyright 2005
416 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
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A scathing indictment of America's failure to keep up with other advanced nations and to achieve its own most cherished goals. The chapters of the book focus on: the media, the economy and corporations, foreign assistance and military affairs, health and health care, education, crime and punishment, the environment, inequality, and more. This is the one book to read this year about current events... Read more
Introduction; 1. Overview of an Inferior Nation; 2. The Economy, Work, Recent Federal Budgets and Business and Government; 3. Health, Health Care and Costs; 4. Education; 5. Crime and Punishment; 6. The Environment, Energy and National Resources; 7. Foreign Affairs - Selected Issues; 8. Inequality of Blacks and Other Minorities; 9. Civil Liberties; 10. The Media and their Relationships with Corporations, the Government and the Public; 11. Democracy; 12. Conclusions and a New Beginning; Notes; Index.
Biography
Sam D. Sieber
