This volume begins in a period in which bitterness and revenge vied
with hope and a new ideal of liberty. The Reconstruction imposed by
the North upon the South is examined by the author from all points
of view. He traces the steps by which the economy recovered and by
which the USA emerged as the world's industrial giant. Factors as
various as the anarchy of the Wild West and the gold rush, the
completion of the railroad system, the maturing of the great
centers of learning, the numerous manifestations of opportunity and
strength led to the formation of a distinct culture and to a new
consciousness of nationhood. They also gave birth, Professor Wright
argues, to the American Dream, an elusive idea of such force that
it informed much of the twentieth century in the USA and, as
American power became pre-eminent, influenced the world at large.
After describing the key American involvement in the European,
Pacific and Asian wars, and the development of culture, politics,
and ideology at home, the author examines the dissipation of that
dream in the disillusion and corruption of the Reagan years.
Ironically, this was the time when the USA emerged as the
world's sole super-power. And the country remained - as it had been
for almost all its history - the ideal destination for the poor and
downtrodden of the world, a beacon of opportunity, hope and, above
all, of liberty.
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