Edition |
First Edition. |
Description |
x, 243 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Introduction -- New England -- Mid-Atlantic -- The South -- The Midwest -- The Southwest -- The West -- The Pacific Coast -- The country's foster children -- The American Rome -- Inventory or autopsy. |
Summary |
The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together? Quinn calls us out state-by-state, and identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government he skewers us all: red, blue, and purple-- while maintaining the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being. -- adapted from jacket |
Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Humor.
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United States -- History -- Humor.
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Manners and customs (OCoLC)fst01007815
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Humor.
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Humor (OCoLC)fst01423696
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Humor.
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Cover Title |
Over stated : a coast-to-coast roast of the 50 states |
Added Title |
Overstated : a coast-to-coast roast of the fifty states |
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Over stated : a coast-to-coast roast of the fifty states |
ISBN |
9781250268440 (hardcover) |
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1250268443 (hardcover) |
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