Out of the ordinary : how everyday life inspired a nation and how it can again / Marc Stears.
Out of the ordinary : how everyday life inspired a nation and how it can again / Marc Stears.
Out of the ordinary : how everyday life inspired a nation and how it can again / Marc Stears.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
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G 2020/4864
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English
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236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: A Britain forgotten -- Getting out of the whale -- A little holding of ground -- The properties of my memory remain -- All nations are odious, but some less odious than others -- The socialists in power -- Brief city -- Acquaintance plus wonder -- Conclusion: The magic of everyday life...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
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2021.
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"This is an age of polarization. It's us vs. them. The battle lines are clear, and compromise is surrender. As Out of the Ordinary reminds us, we have been here before. From the 1920s to the 1950s, in a world transformed by revolution and war, extreme ideologies of left and right fueled utopian hopes and dystopian fears. In response, Marc Stears wr...
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Out of the ordinary : how everyday life inspired a nation and how it can again / Marc Stears.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2020/4864
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74VKaJR3LxZM
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0674743873
9780674743878
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306.094109045
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991024370013502626
