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The American Exception, Volume 2

Frank J. Lechner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

239 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-58719-0 (ISBN)

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This book examines what makes the United States an exceptional society, what impact it has had abroad, and why these issues have mattered to Americans. With historical and comparative evidence, Frank J. Lechner describes the distinctive path of American institutions and tracks changes in the country’s national identity in order to assess claims about America’s ‘exceptional’ qualities. The book analyzes several focal points of exceptionalist thinking about America, including the importance of US Constitution and the American sense of mission, and explores several aspects of America’s distinctive global impact; for example, in economics and film. In addition to discussing the distinctive global impact of the US, this first volume delves into the economy, government, media, and the military and foreign policy.

Frank J. Lechner is Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. He has published World Culture: Origins and Consequences (2004; with John Boli), The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity (2008), and Globalization: The Making of World Society (2009). With John Boli he edited The Globalization Reader (fifth edition, 2015).

1. “People of Plenty”: The American Economic Exception.- 2. “Land of Liberty”: The American Governmental Exception.- 3. “No Business Like Show Business”: The American Media Exception.- 4. “Dangerous Nation”: The American Power Exception.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	XI, 239 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	American Exceptionalism • Culture • exceptionalism • Globalization • Sports • Technology • us history • US Law • US politics • World Stage
ISBN-10	1-137-58719-9 / 1137587199
ISBN-13	978-1-137-58719-0 / 9781137587190
Zustand	Neuware