{"product_id":"american-exceptionalism-seymour-martin-lipset-9780393316148","title":"American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword","description":"\"American values are quite complex,\" writes Seymour Martin Lipset, \"particularly because of paradoxes within our culture that permit pernicious and beneficial social phenomena to arise simultaneously from the same basic beliefs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born out of revolution, the United States has always considered itself an exceptional country of citizens unified by an allegiance to a common set of ideals, individualism, anti-statism, populism, and egalitarianism. This ideology, Professor Lipset observes, defines the limits of political debate in the United States and shapes our society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Exceptionalism\u003c\/em\u003e explains why socialism has never taken hold in the United States, why Americans are resistant to absolute quotas as a way to integrate blacks and other minorities, and why American religion and foreign policy have a moralistic, crusading streak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seymour Martin Lipset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393316149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393316148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Seymour Martin Lipset","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980921831679,"sku":"9780393316148","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60f315a6-112c-4e81-ac54-24202d3c60aa.jpg?v=1683252671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-exceptionalism-seymour-martin-lipset-9780393316148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}