In George Lodge's classic account, now appearing for the first time in paperback, the author argues that America is in the midst of a great transformation, comparable to the one which ended the medieval era in the West. The old ideas--individualism, property rights, competition, the limited state, and scientific specialization--have become increasingly irrelevant in a world of necessariliy huge organizations and limited resources. The United States today has become a considerably less self-assured nation, lacking a sense of direction and control, profoundly uncertain about authority and legitimacy.
- ISBN10 0814750273
- ISBN13 9780814750278
- Publish Date 1 October 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 March 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint New York University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 384
- Language English