{"product_id":"9781982129149-the-upswing-how-america-came-together-a-century-ago-and-how-we-can-do-it-again","title":"Putnam Robert D. - The Upswing How America Came Together A Century Ago And How We Can Do It Again - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: An eminent political scientist's brilliant analysis of economic social and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone from an individualistic I society to a more communitarian We society and then back again and how we can learn from that experience to turn the corner towards a stronger more unified nation from the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids. Deep and accelerating inequality; unprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse; a fraying social fabric; public and private narcissism Americans today seem to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times. But we ve been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s America was highly individualistic starkly unequal fiercely polarized and deeply fragmented just as it is today. However as the twentieth century opened America became slowly unevenly but steadily more egalitarian more cooperative more generous; a society more focused on our responsibilities to one another and less focused on our narrower self - interest. Sometime during the 1960s however our nation turned another corner and all of these trends reversed leaving us in today's disarray. In a sweeping overview of more than a century of history drawing on his inimitable combination of statistical analysis and storytelling Robert Putnam analyzes a remarkable confluence of trends that brought us from an I society to a We society and then back again. He draws inspiring lessons for our time from an earlier era when a dedicated group of reformers righted the ship putting us on a path to becoming a society once again based on community. Engaging revelatory and timely this is Putnam's most ambitious work yet a fitting capstone to a brilliant career.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Upswing How America Came Together A Century Ago And How We Can Do It Again\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Putnam Robert D.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781982129149\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 480 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: History Of The Americas","brand":"Putnam Robert D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49627544781105,"sku":"IN-G-9781982129149","price":25.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781982129149.jpg?v=1724972659","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781982129149-the-upswing-how-america-came-together-a-century-ago-and-how-we-can-do-it-again","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}