| Author |
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-
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| Publication |
New York : Random House, [2017]
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| Copyright date |
©2017 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"As a boy, Robert Kaplan recalls his father driving trucks across the country to earn a living for his family, a man who witnessed and understood America from a ground-level perspective. In Earning the Rockies, Kaplan undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation and understanding of American geography that is often lost in the jet age. Along the way, he witnesses both prosperity and decline--increasingly cosmopolitan cities that benefit from globalization, impoverished small towns abandoned by the same--and paints a bracingly clear portrait of America today, including the anger and alienation that is currently giving rise to Trump and Sanders candidacies. Kaplan lays bare the roots of American greatness--the fact that we are a nation, empire, and continent all at once--and how westward expansion shaped our national character, and should shape our foreign policy"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Invocation -- Earning the Rockies -- A continental empire -- Notes on a vertical landscape -- Notes on a horizontal landscape -- Cathay -- Epilogue. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- -- Travel -- United States.
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Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- (OCoLC)fst00138494 |
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United States -- Geography.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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Landscapes -- Social aspects -- United States.
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City and town life -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Imperialism -- History.
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National characteristics, American.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.
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City and town life. (OCoLC)fst00862081
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Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01910431
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Geography. (OCoLC)fst00940469
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Imperialism. (OCoLC)fst00968126
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Landscapes -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01735942
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National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Territorial expansion. (OCoLC)fst01355135
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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HISTORY / United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.
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TRAVEL / United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
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Since 1980 |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- Earning the Rockies. First edition. New York : Random House, [2017] 9780399588211 (DLC) 2016013488 (OCoLC)947954032 |
| ISBN |
9780399588235 (electronic bk.) |
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039958823X (electronic bk.) |
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