AMERICA: THE VIEW FROM EUROPE1976 |
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... writer , Simone de Beauvoir points out , what happens in America simply seems to matter more . " That is what moved me most strongly when I took my leave , ” she writes in the final paragraph of America Day by Day ( 1947 ) . " America ...
... writer , Simone de Beauvoir points out , what happens in America simply seems to matter more . " That is what moved me most strongly when I took my leave , ” she writes in the final paragraph of America Day by Day ( 1947 ) . " America ...
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... write about American optimism , as they incessantly do , they usually mean that this form of limitation , too , is either denied altogether or at least severely challenged in the United States . Walls within us seem to be as inimical to ...
... write about American optimism , as they incessantly do , they usually mean that this form of limitation , too , is either denied altogether or at least severely challenged in the United States . Walls within us seem to be as inimical to ...
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... writes , " the immigrants did not cross the ocean as colonists to reproduce the civilization of their homes on distant ... write my life's story ? I am just as much out of the way as if I were dead , for I am absolutely other than the ...
... writes , " the immigrants did not cross the ocean as colonists to reproduce the civilization of their homes on distant ... write my life's story ? I am just as much out of the way as if I were dead , for I am absolutely other than the ...
Contents
CHAPTER ONE The Best of All Possible Worlds | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO A Fools Paradise | 21 |
CHAPTER THREE The Open Society | 43 |
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