Title |
The age of American unreason
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Names |
Jacoby, Susan.
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Book Number |
DB066150
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Social critic traces the history and consequences of American anti-intellectualism from the 1960s. Condemns mass media, fundamentalist religion, the educational system, and pseudoscience for the antirationalism she observes throughout society. Laments the public's lack of reading, debasement of public speech, and unwillingness to hear other viewpoints. Bestseller. 2008.
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Narrator |
Cundiff, Kerry.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Bestseller - Non-Fiction - BEN
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Social Commentary - CONC
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Journalism & the Media - JOU
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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LC Subject |
Mass media - Social aspects - United States
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National characteristics, American
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Popular culture - United States
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Reason - Social aspects - United States
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Social psychology - United States
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Social values - United States
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United States - Civilization - 1945
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United States - Social conditions - 1945
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Call Number |
973.91 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
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