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Author Laxer, James.

Title Discovering America : travels in the land of guns, God, and corporate gurus / James Laxer.

Publication Info. New York : New Press ; Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2001.

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  973.929 L    Check Shelf
Description 312 pages ; 24 cm
Note Rev. ed. of: Stalking the elephant. 2000.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- part one lethal games -- 1 On theTrail of the Michigan Militia 14 -- 2 Smith &Wesson and Me 28 -- 3 The High-Risk Life of the Marlboro Man 40 -- 4 American Carnival 64 -- 5 Choice and Its Foes 73 -- 6 Death and God inTexas 89 -- part two Making It in America -- 7 Old and NewWest 12 -- 8 Corporate Gurus and RevealedTruth 135 -- 9 Greed, Gluttony, God, -- and the American Dream 148 -- 10 Beautiful Losers 162 -- 11 American Pyramid 171 -- part three Republic to fmpire -- 12 Government of the People 202 -- 13 On the Hispanic Frontier 233 -- 14 America in the World 255 -- Epilogue:American Century 278 -- Notes 290 -- Acknowledgments 294 -- Index 295.
Subject United States -- Description and travel.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
Laxer, James -- Travel -- United States.
Added Author Laxer, James. Stalking the elephant.
ISBN 1565847105
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