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100	1		_aSowell, Thomas, _d1930- _9144827
245	1	0	_aDismantling America : _band other controversial essays / _cby Thomas Sowell.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _cc2010.
300			_aix, 341 p. ; _c25 cm.
505	0		_aGovernment policies --Political issues -- Economic issues -- Cultural issues -- Legal issues -- Random thoughts.
520			_a"These wide-ranging essays--on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues--have as a recurring underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries...Whether these essays (originally published as syndicated newspaper columns) are individually about financial bailouts, illegal immigrants, gay marriage, national security, or the Duke University rape case, the underlying concern is about what these very different kinds of things say about the general direction of American society..."--Dust jacket flap.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government. _9144828
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States. _9144829
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic policy. _9144830
650		0	_aSocial problems _zUnited States. _9144831
650		0	_aConservatism _zUnited States. _9144832
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States. _9144833
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