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by Michael Adams (Author) "FRENCH THINKER AND POLITICIAN Alexis de Tocqueville wrote the above-quoted words in 1831, but over 170 years later, they still register the crucial tension of..." (more)
Key Phrases: whose values place, social values research, ostentatious consumption, United States, American Dream, Acceptance of Violence (more...)
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If timing is everything, Toronto pollster Michael Adams clocks in perfectly with his latest book.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (Canada) (March 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0143014234
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143014232
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars 11 customer reviews (11 customer reviews)
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FRENCH THINKER AND POLITICIAN Alexis de Tocqueville wrote the above-quoted words in 1831, but over 170 years later, they still register the crucial tension of American life: the great national struggle between personal independence and moral order. Read the first page
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whose values place, social values research, ostentatious consumption, mental postures, postmodern values, more deferential
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United States, American Dream, Acceptance of Violence, North American, New England, New Aquarians, Sexual Permissiveness, Autonomous Postmaterialists, Los Angeles, Autonomous Rebels, Ecological Fatalism, Ethical Consumerism, Everyday Ethics, Social Intimacy, Statistics Canada, White House, World War, Nationale de Cirque, New York City, Importance of Spontaneity, New World, Plains of Abraham, Ronald Reagan, Those Americans, Upper Canada
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