Dunkelman, Marc J.
Summary: "Identifies [what the author sees as] an epochal shift in the structure of American life--a shift unnoticed by many. Routines that once put doctors and lawyers in touch with grocers and plumbers--interactions that encouraged debate and cultivated compromise--have changed dramatically since the postwar era. Both technology and the new routines of everyday life connect tight-knit circles and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307 DUNLeDuff, Charlie
Summary: "[This book is] a ... firsthand, and ... unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to Cliven Bundy's ranch to Donald Trump's unstoppable campaign for President"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 LEDMartin, Courtney E.
Summary: "Are we living the good life-and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Better Off". The New Better Off puts a name to the American phenomenon of rejecting the traditional dream of a 9-to-5 job,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016