The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America Contributor(s): Packer, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374534608 ISBN-13: 9780374534608 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - 21st Century - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
Dewey: 973.924 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 448 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's |
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Publisher Description: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER |
Contributor Bio(s): Packer, George: - George Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, which received numerous prizes and was named one of the ten best books of 2005 by The New York Times Book Review. He is also the author of the novels The Half Man and Central Square, and the works of nonfiction The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, The Village of Waiting and Blood of the Liberals, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. His play, Betrayed, ran in Manhattan for five months in 2008 and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. He lives in Brooklyn. |