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American Amnesia
- How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Rich
- De: Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
- Duración: 17 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Like every other prospering democracy, the United States developed a mixed economy that channeled the spirit of capitalism into strong growth and healthy social development. In this bargain, government and business were as much partners as rivals. Public investments in education, science, transportation, and technology laid the foundation for broadly based prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very necessary book, re-illuminating the obvious
- De Matt Lech en 04-10-16
- American Amnesia
- How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Rich
- De: Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson
- Narrado por: Holter Graham
Book of the year
Revisado: 04-29-16
The authors describe familiar problems with enough detail and ingenuity to make you think about modern problems in a new way. If everyone read this book things would get better, fast
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The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 57 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 454
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 353
This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the lively arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti...everything and anything indigenous that can be captured in print.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous book, good narration, bad recording
- De Paula en 07-10-08
- The Glory and the Dream
- A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
Great book - recording needs to be fixed though
Revisado: 09-03-15
Would you listen to The Glory and the Dream again? Why?
I might listen to it again in the future- as some of the details could need refreshing, and I found the experience relaxing.
What other book might you compare The Glory and the Dream to and why?
I'd compare it to the podcast "Whistlestop" from John Dickerson (of Slate's Political Gabfest and Face the Nation - I purchased this at his recommendation) - it has the same sort of appreciation of the multiple perspectives of history from the big events to the little cultural details that just belies a love of history that becomes infectious.
Which scene was your favorite?
I really enjoyed the section on the Bay of Pigs invasion - I had never understood JFK's decision until I heard the whole story here.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
This is audiobook was practically it's own hobby - it's a great value for 1 credit.
Any additional comments?
There were some damaged areas of the audio files, and my attempts to address them with audible support were failures. (Support basically didn't closely read my comments after asking me where to detail the issues with the audio book
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