A Visionary Nation

by Karabell, Zachary

• ISBN13: 9780060084424
• ISBN10: 0060084421
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-30
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

In this penetrating volume, Zachary Karabell examines the continuous thread that runs through the tapestry of the American experience -- the belief that we can create a perfect society -- and envisions what the next great era will be. Just as the Puritan vision of a city on a hill was supplanted by the Founding Fathers' vision of individuality, just as the expansive vision of a government-led Great Society was eclipsed by the New Economy of the 1990s, so too is the New Economy being replaced by what Karabell contends will be a period when community and spirituality occupy center stage.

Author Biography

Zachary Karabell received his Ph.D. in American history from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and Dartmouth College. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and on salon.com. He lives in New York City

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
A Visionary Nation	p. 1
The Past
Religion	p. 13
Individualism	p. 31
Unity	p. 48
Expansion	p. 67
Government	p. 84
The Present
The Market	p. 119
The Internet	p. 158
The Future?
Connectedness	p. 193
Notes	p. 217
Index	p. 237
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