On paradise drive
how we live now (and always have) in the future tense
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Author
Publication
2004 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15463933M
- ISBN-100743227387
- OCLC Control Number54400126
- OCLC Control Numberonparadisedriveh00broo
- Library of Congress Control Number2004042956
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- LibraryThing170298
- Goodreads1129000
Classifications
- LCCE169.1 .B79826 2004
- LCCE
Description
"As diverse as we are, as complacent as we sometimes seem, Americans are united by a common mentality, which we have inherited from our ancestors and pass on, sometimes unreflectingly, to our kids." "We are united by future-mindedness. We see the present from the vantage point of the future. We are tantalized, at every second of the day, by the awareness of grand possibilities ahead of us, by the bounty we can realize just over the next ridge." "This mentality leads us to work feverishly hard, move more than any other people on earth, switch jobs, switch religions. It made us anxious and optimistic, manic and discombobulating." "Even in the superficiality of modern suburban life, there is some deeper impulse still throbbing in the heart of average Americans. That impulse is the subject of this book."--BOOK JACKET.
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