false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1229446403m/4820960.jpg 4820957 8 4886107 book 2 10 2008 The American Future: A History total:62|5:12|4:32|3:13|2:5|1:0| 62 237 194 27 0 6 false false Sun Sep 28 03:51:06 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 03:59:38 -0700 2008
“The most evil nation on earth!” At a dinner in Lahore earlier this year I was shocked at the casual anti-Americanism of the conversation. Sophisticated people who knew America and Americans well took it as second nature to excoriate the p...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 11:27:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:27:01 -0700 2009 The American Future treads a fine line between history and a kind of quick-cut shorthand that tries to neatly define the virtues of America and Americans (the Miami Herald deemed the genre the ""Earnest Television Spinoff""). Simon ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:21:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:21:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 11:11:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 07:24:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri May 29 16:12:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:04:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:25:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:21:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 05:13:44 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 05:21:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:28:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:34:02 -0800 2009
The book looks at today's social problems from a historical context of America. Immigration looks back to examples of Texas Independan...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 14:10:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 18:33:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 20:42:43 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 16:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 21:53:55 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:23:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 23 19:18:35 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 19:18:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:46:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:01:34 -0700 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed 'Citizens' by Schama but I cannot get into this book.

Beacuse I...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 22:24:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 22:30:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:31:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:17:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:20:45 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 05:55:46 -0800 2008
This is excellent narrative history, and the understanding o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 17:43:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 09:46:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 20:43:32 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 20:46:11 -0800 2009 http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01162009/profile.html.


]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 04:33:16 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:44:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:07:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:41:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4820960