The Resource The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
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The item The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 10 library branches.
- Summary
- Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Contents
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- Part I
- 1978
- Dean Price
- Total War : Newt Gingrich
- Jeff Connaughton
- 1984
- Tammy Thomas
- Her Own : Oprah Winfrey
- Jeff Connaughton
- 1987
- Craftsman : Raymond Carver
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- Mr. Sam : Sam Walton
- 1994
- Jeff Connaughton
- Silicon Valley
- 1999
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- 2003
- Institution Man (1) : Colin Powell
- Jeff Connaughton
- Part II
- Dean Price
- Radish queen : Alice Warers
- Tampa
- Silicon Valley
- 2008
- Institution Man (2) : Robert Rubin
- Jeff Connaughton
- Tammy Thomas
- Dean Price
- Just business : Jay-Z
- Tampa
- Part III
- Jeff Connaughton
- 2010
- Citizen journalist : Andrew Breitbart
- Tampa
- Dean Price
- Tammy Thomas
- Tampa
- Prairie populist : Elizabeth Warren
- Wall Street
- 2012
- Silicon Valley
- Jeff Connaughton
- Tampa
- Tammy Thomas
- Dean Price
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America
- Title
- The unwinding
- Title remainder
- an inner history of the new America
- Statement of responsibility
- George Packer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Packer, George
- Dewey number
- 973.924
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E839
- LC item number
- .P28 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- Social problems
- Crises
- United States
- Politicians
- Celebrities
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434)
- Contents
- Part I -- 1978 -- Dean Price -- Total War : Newt Gingrich -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1984 -- Tammy Thomas -- Her Own : Oprah Winfrey -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1987 -- Craftsman : Raymond Carver -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Mr. Sam : Sam Walton -- 1994 -- Jeff Connaughton -- Silicon Valley -- 1999 -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- 2003 -- Institution Man (1) : Colin Powell -- Jeff Connaughton -- Part II -- Dean Price -- Radish queen : Alice Warers -- Tampa -- Silicon Valley -- 2008 -- Institution Man (2) : Robert Rubin -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price -- Just business : Jay-Z -- Tampa -- Part III -- Jeff Connaughton -- 2010 -- Citizen journalist : Andrew Breitbart -- Tampa -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Tampa -- Prairie populist : Elizabeth Warren -- Wall Street -- 2012 -- Silicon Valley -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tampa -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price
- Control code
- ocn812252804
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013004431
- Label
- The unwinding : an inner history of the new America, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434)
- Contents
- Part I -- 1978 -- Dean Price -- Total War : Newt Gingrich -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1984 -- Tammy Thomas -- Her Own : Oprah Winfrey -- Jeff Connaughton -- 1987 -- Craftsman : Raymond Carver -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Mr. Sam : Sam Walton -- 1994 -- Jeff Connaughton -- Silicon Valley -- 1999 -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- 2003 -- Institution Man (1) : Colin Powell -- Jeff Connaughton -- Part II -- Dean Price -- Radish queen : Alice Warers -- Tampa -- Silicon Valley -- 2008 -- Institution Man (2) : Robert Rubin -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price -- Just business : Jay-Z -- Tampa -- Part III -- Jeff Connaughton -- 2010 -- Citizen journalist : Andrew Breitbart -- Tampa -- Dean Price -- Tammy Thomas -- Tampa -- Prairie populist : Elizabeth Warren -- Wall Street -- 2012 -- Silicon Valley -- Jeff Connaughton -- Tampa -- Tammy Thomas -- Dean Price
- Control code
- ocn812252804
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- viii, 434 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374102418
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013004431
Subject
- Crises -- United States
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Social problems -- United States
- United States -- Biography
- Celebrities -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- United States -- History -- 1969-
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