The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass - Paperback

$15.95

The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass - Paperback

Name: The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass - Paperback
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SKU: 9781893554023
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by Mryon Magnet

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Book Overview

Myron Magnet's The Dream and the Nightmare argues that the radical transformation of American culture that took place in the 1960s brought today's underclass-overwhelmingly urban, dismayingly minority-into existence. Lifestyle experimentation among the white middle class produced often catastrophic changes in attitudes toward marriage and parenting, the work ethic and dependency in those at the bottom of the social ladder, and closed down their exits to the middle class.

Texas Governor George W. Bush's presidential campaign has highlighted the continuing importance of The Dream and the Nightmare. Bush read the book before his first campaign for governor in 1994, and, when he finally met Magnet in 1998, he acknowledged his debt to this work. Karl Rove, Bush's principal political adviser, cites it as a road map to the governor's philosophy of "compassionate conservatism."

ISBN	9781893554023
Author	Mryon Magnet
Publisher	Encounter Books
Genre	News & politics, History, Education, and Society & culture
Format	Paperback
Published	April 2000
Language	ENG- English
Pages	238
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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