The Resource Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond
Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond
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The item Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- In the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, this "is Almond's effort to make sense of our historical moment, to connect certain dots that go unconnected amid the deluge of hot takes and think pieces. Almond looks to literary voices--from Melville to Orwell, from Bradbury to Baldwin--to help explain the roots of [what he sees as] our moral erosion as a people"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Contents
-
- Bad story #1. Watergate was about a corrupt president
- Bad story #2. The United States is a representative democracy
- Bad story #3. Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities
- Bad story #4. Economic anguish fueled trumpism
- Bad story #5. Trump was a change agent
- Bad story #6. What amuses us can't hurt us
- Bad story #7. Journalism would make a hero of me
- Bad story #8. Nobody would vote for a guy like that
- Bad story #9. I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet
- Bad story #10. Sports bring us together as a nation
- Bad story #11. American women will never empower a sexual predator
- Bad story #12. Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom
- Bad story #13. There is no such thing as fair and balanced
- Bad story #14. The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy
- Bad story #15. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
- Bad story #16. The Cold War is over (and we won!)
- Final bad story. America is incapable of moral improvement
- Isbn
- 9781597092265
- Label
- Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country
- Title
- Bad stories
- Title remainder
- what the hell just happened to our country
- Statement of responsibility
- Steve Almond
- Subject
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- trueMass media
- Mass media -- Influence
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
- truePolitical culture
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States
- trueElections
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
- trueVoting
- Presidents -- Election
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory
- Since 2016
- Social values
- Social values -- United States
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, this "is Almond's effort to make sense of our historical moment, to connect certain dots that go unconnected amid the deluge of hot takes and think pieces. Almond looks to literary voices--from Melville to Orwell, from Bradbury to Baldwin--to help explain the roots of [what he sees as] our moral erosion as a people"--
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- 10639562
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- Almond, Steve
- Dewey number
- 306.0973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E911
- LC item number
- .A56 2018b
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Trump, Donald
- Trump, Donald
- Presidents
- Political culture
- Social values
- Politics and literature
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Presidents
- Social values
- United States
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- what the hell just happened to our country
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- Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond
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- Contents
- Bad story #1. Watergate was about a corrupt president -- Bad story #2. The United States is a representative democracy -- Bad story #3. Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities -- Bad story #4. Economic anguish fueled trumpism -- Bad story #5. Trump was a change agent -- Bad story #6. What amuses us can't hurt us -- Bad story #7. Journalism would make a hero of me -- Bad story #8. Nobody would vote for a guy like that -- Bad story #9. I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet -- Bad story #10. Sports bring us together as a nation -- Bad story #11. American women will never empower a sexual predator -- Bad story #12. Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom -- Bad story #13. There is no such thing as fair and balanced -- Bad story #14. The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy -- Bad story #15. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses -- Bad story #16. The Cold War is over (and we won!) -- Final bad story. America is incapable of moral improvement
- Control code
- on1026411856
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597092265
- Lccn
- 2017043371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1026411856
- Label
- Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country, Steve Almond
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Bad story #1. Watergate was about a corrupt president -- Bad story #2. The United States is a representative democracy -- Bad story #3. Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities -- Bad story #4. Economic anguish fueled trumpism -- Bad story #5. Trump was a change agent -- Bad story #6. What amuses us can't hurt us -- Bad story #7. Journalism would make a hero of me -- Bad story #8. Nobody would vote for a guy like that -- Bad story #9. I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet -- Bad story #10. Sports bring us together as a nation -- Bad story #11. American women will never empower a sexual predator -- Bad story #12. Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom -- Bad story #13. There is no such thing as fair and balanced -- Bad story #14. The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy -- Bad story #15. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses -- Bad story #16. The Cold War is over (and we won!) -- Final bad story. America is incapable of moral improvement
- Control code
- on1026411856
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597092265
- Lccn
- 2017043371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1026411856
Subject
- trueMass media
- Mass media -- Influence
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
- truePolitical culture
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States
- Politics and government
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States
- trueElections
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
- trueVoting
- Presidents -- Election
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory
- Since 2016
- Social values
- Social values -- United States
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- United States
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