Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America

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Culture, Capitalism, and Democracy in the New America is written by Richard Harvey Brown and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300127871 (ISBN 10) and 9780300127874 (ISBN 13).

The United States is in transit from an industrial to a postindustrial society, from a modern to postmodern culture, and from a national to a global economy. In this book Richard Harvey Brown asks how we can distinguish the uniquely American elements of these changes from more global influences. His answer focuses on the ways in which economic imperatives give shape to the shifting experience of being American. Drawing on a wide knowledge of American history and literature, the latest social science, and contemporary social issues, Brown investigates continuity and change in American race relations, politics, religion, conception of selfhood, families, and the arts. He paints a vivid picture of contemporary America, showing how postmodernism is perceived and felt by individuals and focusing attention on the strengths and limitations of American democracy.