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God, guns, gold and glory : American character and its discontents /

America, beginning as a small group of devout Puritan settlers, ultimately became the richest, most powerful Empire in the history of the world, but having reached that point, is now in a process of implosion and decay. This book, inspired by Frankfurt School Critical Theory, especially Erich Fromm,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Langman, Lauren, 1940- (Autor), Lundskow, George N., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 93.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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