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Author Putnam, Robert D., author.

Title The upswing : how America came together a century ago and how we can do it again / Robert D. Putnam ; with Shaylyn Romney Garrett.

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2016562~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  302.540973 PUT    DUE 05-21-24
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Description 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents What's past is prologue -- Economics : the rise and fall of equality -- Politics : from tribalism to comity and back again -- Society : between isolation and solidarity -- Culture : individualism vs. community -- Race and the American "we" -- Gender and the American "we" -- The arc of the twentieth century -- Drift and mastery.
Summary "An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-445) and index.
Subject Individualism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Individualism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Added Author Garrett, Shaylyn Romney, author.
ISBN 9781982129149 (hardcover)
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