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050	1	0	_aHM1027 _b.A447 2018
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100	1		_aBest, Joel, _e1
245	1	0	_aAmerican nightmares : _bsocial problems in an anxious world / _cJoel Best.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
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505	0	0	_aPopular hazards or, how we insist similar social problems are different -- _tAmerican nightmares or, why sociologists hate the American dream / _rwritten with David Schweingruber -- _tEvaluating predictions or, how to compare the Maya calendar, Social Security, and climate change -- _tFuture talk or, how slippery slopes shape concern -- _tMemories as problems or, how to reconsider Confederate flags and other symbols of the past /written with Lawrence T. Nichols -- _tEconomicization or, why economists get more respect than sociologists -- _tAfterword : the future of American nightmares.
520	0		_a"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement--recent generations have been told that the next generation will not be able to achieve these goals, that things are getting--or are on the verge of getting--worse. In American Nightmares, Best addresses the apprehension that we face every day as we are bombarded with threats that the social institutions we count on are imperiled. Our schools are failing to teach our kids. Healthcare may soon be harder to obtain. We can't bank on our retirement plans. And our homes--still the largest chunk of most people's net worth--may lose much of their value. Our very way of life is being threatened! Or is it? With a steady voice and keen focus, Best examines how a culture develops fears and fantasies and how these visions are created and recreated in every generation. By dismantling current ideas about the future, collective memory, and sociology's marginalization in the public square, Best sheds light on how social problems--and our anxiety about them--are socially constructed"--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aAnxiety _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1611101&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell