The Upswing : how America came together a century ago and how we can do it again /
Robert D. Putnam ; with Shaylyn Romney Garrett.
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- 465 pages cm
new book 2025 spring.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What's past is prologue -- Economics : the rise and fall of equality -- Politics : from tribalism to comity and back again -- Society : between isolation and solidarity -- Culture : individualism vs. community -- Race and the American "we" -- Gender and the American "we" -- The arc of the twentieth century -- Drift and mastery.
"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"--.
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Individualism--History--United States--20th century Individualism--History--United States--21st century Political culture--History--United States--20th century Political culture--History--United States--21st century United States--Social conditions--20th century United States--Social conditions--21st century