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003			OCoLC
005			20180722210827.0
008			100505s2010 nyu 000 0 eng d
010			_a 2010907169
020			_a0465022510
020			_a9780465022519
035			_a(OCoLC)613423200
040			_aBTCTA _beng _cBTCTA _dZGX _dDPL _dGRN _dUPZ _dWIQ _dNFG
043			_an-us---
049			_aNFGA
092			_a973.92 _bS731
100	1		_aSowell, Thomas, _d1930- _945925
245	1	0	_aDismantling America : _band other controversial essays / _cby Thomas Sowell.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _cc2010.
300			_aix, 341 p. ; _c25 cm.
505	0		_aGovernment policies --Political issues -- Economic issues -- Cultural issues -- Legal issues -- Random thoughts.
520			_a"These wide-ranging essays--on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues--have as a recurring underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries...Whether these essays (originally published as syndicated newspaper columns) are individually about financial bailouts, illegal immigrants, gay marriage, national security, or the Duke University rape case, the underlying concern is about what these very different kinds of things say about the general direction of American society..."--Dust jacket flap.
650		0	_aConservatism _zUnited States. _965408
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States. _965409
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States. _915197
650		0	_aSocial problems _zUnited States. _955750
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic policy. _973012
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government. _9196
942			_cBOOK _010
998			_a006864681
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