American exceptionalism : a double-edged sword

Item

Title
American exceptionalism : a double-edged sword
Description
Work by Seymour Martin Lipset on American exceptionalism.
Identifier
943012
393316149
Creator
Lipset, Seymour Martin
Source
Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection
Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.
Catalog record
Language
eng
Date
1997
Program air date: June 23, 1996.
Publisher
W.W. Norton
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives
Subject
"National characteristics, American."
Relation
Original Booknotes interview
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Notes on front endpapers: Country most: 1. religious; 2. optimistic; 3. patriotic; 4. rights oriented; 5. individualistic. Highest crime rates, most incarcerated, most lawyers, per capita, lost 70 of eligible voters, highest rate of vol. org., wealthiest country, most productive, highest proportion of college, commitment to work, least egalitarian income dist., lowest providers of welfare. Thatcher-a classical liberal-support of Hayek/Friedman/ Reagan. Laissez-faire anti-statist meritocratic view of the world. Blacks [???] progressed by Black leadership won't admit it. On "By Seymour Martin Lipset" page, Lamb has added years of publication following some titles, underlines co-authors and includes a "21" at the end--which is the total number of Lipset's publications. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Lamb marks passages on American traits, the meaning/influence of Tocqueville, values, Lipset's sources, contrasts with Europe, race, wealth, political correctness, intellectuals, and contrasts with Japan and Western Europe. Notes: "American negative traits," "I'm a proud American," "Bradley, Donner, Earhart, Ford, MacArthur, Olin--foundations," "exceptional not better," "excessive litigiousness," "metric system U.S. v. Canada," "education," "59% 20-24 yr. in higher ed.," "Europeans more money to living conditions," "no socialist movement," "3 sections," "Nation's ideology: 1. liberty; 2. egalitarianism; 3. individualism; 4. populism; 5. laissez-faire," "only nation founded on a creed." "Conservatism in U.S., liberals in Europe," "La Follette, Wallace, Anderson, Perot," "1 million electoral contests every 4 years," "crimes 3x's higher in US," "lawyers," "75% of adults proud to be American," "meritocracy," "U.S. richest most productive country," "1973-87 30 million jobs gained in US," "63% of H.S. grads go to college," "trade-deficit declining," "religion is voluntary," "education," "U.S. more on education; Europe more on welfare," "demand for reparations," "veteran's preference," "Black leadership does not admit to progress," "media clearly wrong," "liberty v. class equality," "affirmative action," "Thatcher and Jews," "professors atheists," "neoconservatives ceased to exist," "changed direction of American politics," "oligarchs," "Europe," "child as an adult," "crime," "lawyers," "1st job 72%," "Japanese determination," "Americans hard work," "speeches cracking jokes," "accept social inequality," "family more secure," "Meiji," "U.S. pessimistic," "1993-Flood sins," "not exceptionally brutal," "1830 alcohol 5X's today," "alcohol consumption," "divorce," "extramarital affairs," "charity causes 77 to 94, 22% to 48%," "no volunteerism in Japan & Europe," "American religion," "PTA fall off," "TV, newspapers, music," "gov for a few big interests 80%," "the left views of reporters," "TV news," "federal officials indicted," "most Americans not unhappy," "political system not in danger," "welfare laggard."
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