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That used to be us [large print] : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back / by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.

Summary:

America has a huge problem. In faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges - globalization, and the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410441287
  • ISBN: 1410441288
  • Physical Description: 695 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011.
Formatted Contents Note:
If you see something, say something -- Ignoring our problems -- Ignoring our history -- Up in the air -- Help wanted -- Homework x 2 = the American dream -- Average is over -- This is our due -- The war on math (and the future) -- The war on physics and other good things -- The terrible twos -- Whatever it is, I'm against it -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.
Target Audience Note:
9-12 Medialog, Inc.
Subject:
Creative ability > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Information technology > Social aspects > United States.
Genre:
Large print books.

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