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American Vertigo

by Bernard-Henri Lévy, Charlotte Mandell

National characteristics, americanUnited states, description and travelUnited states, social conditions, 1980-American National characteristicsDescription and travelSocial conditionsTravelCivilization

What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? To answer these questions, celebrated philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy spent a year travelling throughout the country in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America remains the most influential book ever written about this country.

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Book data: Open Library