{"product_id":"american-exceptionalism-a-double-edged-sword-9780393037258","title":"American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword","description":"\"American values are quite complex,\" writes Seymour Martin Lipset, \"particularly because of paradoxes within our culture that permit pernicious and beneficial social phenomena to arise simultaneously from the same basic beliefs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born out of revolution, the United States has always considered itself an exceptional country of citizens unified by an allegiance to a common set of ideals, individualism, anti-statism, populism, and egalitarianism. This ideology, Professor Lipset observes, defines the limits of political debate in the United States and shapes our society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Exceptionalism\u003c\/em\u003e explains why socialism has never taken hold in the United States, why Americans are resistant to absolute quotas as a way to integrate blacks and other minorities, and why American religion and foreign policy have a moralistic, crusading streak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seymour Martin Lipset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.41w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393037258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/1995 pg. 1751\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/1996 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1996 pg. 986\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/04\/1996 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/11\/1996 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLipset, Seymour Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSeymour Martin Lipset\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44214142566515,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":53.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fdf1d271-bc4c-45b8-826e-59851b6b115f.jpg?v=1767707342","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/american-exceptionalism-a-double-edged-sword-9780393037258","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}