Defining America. Michael Barone and others.
by Barone, Michael; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 19Global Issues. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Anthony, Susan B. 1820-1906 | Civil disobedience | Commerce | Common good | Consumption (Economics) | Ethics | Franklin Benjamin | Individualism | Innocence (Psychology) | Materialism | National characteristics -- American | Optimism | Religion and sociology | Self-reliance | United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article discusses American history and how it helped to shape American values. Among the topics covered are self-reliance, dissent, religiosity, materialism, industriousness and reinvention. "Today, the United States is the third-most populous nation in the world, our economy produces nearly a third of the world's goods and services, and our military is more powerful than the rest of the world's militaries combined....At the same time, however, we are also the most materialistic, self-absorbed, and swaggering nation on earth" (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Defining America, June 28/July 5, 2004; pp. 37+.
This article discusses American history and how it helped to shape American values. Among the topics covered are self-reliance, dissent, religiosity, materialism, industriousness and reinvention. "Today, the United States is the third-most populous nation in the world, our economy produces nearly a third of the world's goods and services, and our military is more powerful than the rest of the world's militaries combined....At the same time, however, we are also the most materialistic, self-absorbed, and swaggering nation on earth" (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT).
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