{"product_id":"country-of-exiles-william-r-leach-9780679758655","title":"Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life","description":"In \u003cb\u003eCountry of Exiles\u003c\/b\u003e, William Leach, whose \u003cb\u003eLand of Desire\u003c\/b\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award, explores the troubling effects of our national love affair with mobility. He shows us how the impulse to pull up stakes and find a new frontier has always battled with the need to put down roots, and how a new cosmopolitanism has seized our national identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeach takes us across a featureless America, where strip malls homogenize a once varied and majestic landscape, and where casinos displace the Native American spiritual connection to the land. He shows us a culture where everyone, from CEOs to office temps, abandons the notion of company loyalty, and where rootless academics posit a world without borders. With compelling vision and insight, Leach reveals the profound but often hidden impact of America's disintegrating sense of place on our national and individual psyche.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William R. Leach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679758658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679758655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.35w x 0.65d","brand":"William R. Leach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617855525119,"sku":"9780679758655","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41adc913-abc2-4ad4-a5b1-2e521536d3f2.jpg?v=1740068515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/country-of-exiles-william-r-leach-9780679758655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}