{"product_id":"the-present-age-robert-nisbet-9780865974098","title":"The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Present Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e challenges readers to reexamine the role of the United States in the world since World War I. Nisbet criticizes Americans for isolationism at home and discusses the gutting of educational standards, the decay of education, the presence of government in all facets of life, the diminished connection to community, and the prominence of economic arrangements driving everyday life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Nisbet\u003c\/strong\u003e (1913-1996) taught at Columbia, the University of California at Berkeley, Smith College, and the University of Bologna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Nisbet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865974098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865974098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amagi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Robert Nisbet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039773737215,"sku":"9780865974098","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_311d934d-0e22-4357-aab0-7632e988a49b.jpg?v=1752752524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-present-age-robert-nisbet-9780865974098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}