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Synopsis
"A book of this kind has been begging to be written, and Hall and Lindholm are the perfect pair to do it. They have a strong sense of history and of theory, and they write well, making compelling arguments in a civil way."--Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
"A major contribution to the debate over the nature of American society today."--Robert N. Bellah, University of California, Berkeley
"In this provocative book, the authors hold a mirror up to the nation and find . . . a country that is politically stable, resilient in the face of conflict, and able to live with the anxiety pluralism produces. A stimulating, thoughtful, and well-reasoned argument on the state of the nation."--Katherine Newman, Harvard University
"Ever since Tocqueville, America has posed a standing paradox: a country of vast diversity that survives only because of its deeper unanimity. Hall and Lindholm successfully explain why the country continues to cohere despite all the clamor over multiculturalism and a politics of difference."--John Patrick Diggins, City University of New York
Colin Walters
The America of Mr. Hall and Mr. Lindholm is a good place, but one that could be better. It is internally very strong but could, over its course of its 200 or so years have gone in other directions than it did. That thought is one of the more interesting ones the authors offer and is the basis of the first half of their book, in which they claim four historic turning points in the republic's history. -- Washington Times