Losing our way : an intimate portrait of a troubled America / Bob Herbert.
Losing our way : an intimate portrait of a troubled America / Bob Herbert.
Losing our way : an intimate portrait of a troubled America / Bob Herbert.
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2014]
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G 2015/1377
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Language
English
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Physical content
283 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Falling apart -- Falling apart II -- Jobs and the middle class -- War and its aftermath -- Understating the costs of war -- Poverty and inequality -- The public schools -- Poverty and public education -- War's madness runs deep -- Hurricane Sandy and other disasters -- Cashing in on schools -- Mistr...
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"The United States needs to be reimagined. Once described by Lincoln as the last best hope on earth, the country seemed on the verge of fulfilling its immense promise in the mid 1960s and early 1970s: unemployment was low, wages and profits were high, and the nation's wealth--by today's standards--was distributed in a remarkably equitable fashion....
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Losing our way : an intimate portrait of a troubled America / Bob Herbert.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283).
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Call Numbers
G 2015/1377
Record Identifier
74VKO4QAJr3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4QAJr3g
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ISBN
038552823X (hardcover)
9780385528238 (hardcover)
DDC
305.5/50973
MMS ID
991022624089702626
