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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

by George Packer

Published for the first time: 5/21/2013

448 pages, ebook

Genres: American History, Economics, Sociology, History, Politics, Nonfiction, American

El desmoronamiento narra los últimos treinta años de la historia de Estados Unidos, la época del declive americano, a través de las vidas de varias personas: Dean Price, hijo de granjeros, que se convierte en un abanderado de la nueva economía en el Sur rural; Tammy Thomas, una obrera del cinturón industrial del país que intenta sobrevivir al colapso de su ciudad; Jeff Connaughton, miembro del círculo político de Washington, que oscila entre el idealismo y el atractivo del dinero, y Peter Thiel, un multimillonario de Silicon Valley que cuestiona la importancia de internet y construye una visión radical del futuro. Packer entrelaza estas historias personales con perfiles biográficos de las grandes figuras públicas de la época, desde Newt Gingrich hasta el rapero Jay-Z, y con collages de titulares de periódico, lemas publicitarios y letras de canciones, que captan la evolución de los acontecimientos y sus corrientes subterráneas.El desmoronamiento es el retrato de una superpotencia a punto de derrumbarse, con élites que ya no son élite, instituciones que ya no funcionan y la gente corriente abandonada a su suerte. La historia narrativa y caleidoscópica de la nueva América es la obra más ambiciosa publicada en mucho tiempo.

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