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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 0767926145
- Book Title
- Idiot America : How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Popular Culture, General, Political, American Government / General
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 293 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0767926145
ISBN-13
9780767926140
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70881034
Product Key Features
Book Title
Idiot America : How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Number of Pages
293 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Popular Culture, General, Political, American Government / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-046604
Reviews
"A raucous rant against the armies of the right. . . . Pierce is at his scathing, insightful best." -The Boston Globe "A lively and, dare I say, intelligent study of the ongoing assault on gray matter." -Stephen Amidon,The New York Observer "[A] witty and pointed indictment of our nation's disturbing ability to vilify smart people and elevate chowderheads to positions of power and influence." -The Salt Lake Tribune "For a good (if painful) laugh about creationism and other bits of American lunacy, try Charles Pierce'sIdiot America. It's a funny, sly version of an argument made recently by Al Gore inThe Assault on Reason, and by the brilliant Susan Jacoby inThe Age of American Unreason." -John A. Farrell, USNews.com "There is only one Charles Pierce, and while that may be a good thing, it is also a damn good thing we have his unique combination of gonzo, erudition, fearlessness, and eloquence to help us make sense of a senseless world. I stand in awe, and appreciation." -Eric Alterman, authorWhy We're LiberalsandWhen Presidents Lie "Pierce penetrates, and the world feels less idiotic already." -Roy Blount Jr., author ofAlphabet JuiceandLong Time Leaving "Charles Pierce takes us on a brilliant and hilarious tour of the back roads of American idiotocracy through history-skewering Atlantis-seekers, evolution deniers, jackasses, nincompoops, and right-wing know-it-alls with his trademark sledgehammer wit. Reading Pierce'sIdiot America, I laughed myself stupid." -Amy Dickinson, author ofThe Mighty Queens of Freeville "Engaging. . . . Pierce delivers a rapier-sharp rant on how the America of Franklin and Edison, Fulton and Ford has devolved into America the Uninformed." -Publishers Weekly "There's a guy down at the end of the bar who's furiously angry, hilariously funny, and has an Irish poet's talent for language. He's been traveling the country, and he's been alternately appalled and moved by what he's found there, and, lucky you, he wants to tell you all about it. Listen." -Peter Sagal, author ofThe Book of Viceand host of NPR'sWait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, "A raucous rant against the armies of the right. . . . Pierce is at his scathing, insightful best." - The Boston Globe "A lively and, dare I say, intelligent study of the ongoing assault on gray matter." -Stephen Amidon, The New York Observer "[A] witty and pointed indictment of our nation's disturbing ability to vilify smart people and elevate chowderheads to positions of power and influence." - The Salt Lake Tribune "For a good (if painful) laugh about creationism and other bits of American lunacy, try Charles Pierce's Idiot America . It's a funny, sly version of an argument made recently by Al Gore in The Assault on Reason , and by the brilliant Susan Jacoby in The Age of American Unreason ." -John A. Farrell, USNews.com "There is only one Charles Pierce, and while that may be a good thing, it is also a damn good thing we have his unique combination of gonzo, erudition, fearlessness, and eloquence to help us make sense of a senseless world. I stand in awe, and appreciation." -Eric Alterman, author Why We're Liberals and When Presidents Lie "Pierce penetrates, and the world feels less idiotic already." -Roy Blount Jr., author of Alphabet Juice and Long Time Leaving "Charles Pierce takes us on a brilliant and hilarious tour of the back roads of American idiotocracy through history-skewering Atlantis-seekers, evolution deniers, jackasses, nincompoops, and right-wing know-it-alls with his trademark sledgehammer wit. Reading Pierce's Idiot America , I laughed myself stupid." -Amy Dickinson, author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville "Engaging. . . . Pierce delivers a rapier-sharp rant on how the America of Franklin and Edison, Fulton and Ford has devolved into America the Uninformed." - Publishers Weekly "There's a guy down at the end of the bar who's furiously angry, hilariously funny, and has an Irish poet's talent for language. He's been traveling the country, and he's been alternately appalled and moved by what he's found there, and, lucky you, he wants to tell you all about it. Listen." -Peter Sagal, author of The Book of Vice and host of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.93
Synopsis
The culture was is over: The idiots won. Now celebrated journalist Pierce takes the celebration of stupidity to task in an acidically funny lament., In his legendary career, Pierce has interviewed all manner of charlatans, politicians, demagogues and fanatics and is revered by journalists for his brilliant and ferocious Esquire articles exposing that idiocy in America is mainstream. More people vote for an American Idol than a president, the media is saturated with Paris and Britney, global warming is ignored and the internet is used a medium to spread ignorance. Pierce lets loose in him inimitable style on the foibles of society with a secret hope that being smart will fight against the trend to celebrate stupidity.
LC Classification Number
JK275.P378 2009
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