That used to be us : what went wrong with America - and how it can come back, by Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

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That used to be us : what went wrong with America - and how it can come back, by Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

Title remainder

what went wrong with America - and how it can come back

Statement of responsibility

by Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum

Instantiates

• That used to be us : what went wrong with America - and how it can come back

Publication

• London, Little, Brown, 2011

Note

Includes index

Contents

Preface : Growing up in America -- Part I. The dialogue. If you see something, say something -- Ignoring our problems -- Ignoring our history -- Part II. The education challenge. Up in the air -- Help wanted -- Homework x 2 = the American dream -- Average is over -- Part III. The war on math and physics. This is our due -- The war on math (and the future) -- The war on physics and on other good things -- Part IV. Political failure. The terrible twos -- "Whatever it is, I'm against it" -- Devaluation -- Part V. Rediscoveribg America. They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America

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000047974944

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

xiv, 380 p.

Isbn

9781408703588

Isbn Type

(hbk.)

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ill.

Record ID

u119514