The Resource Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy, Elaine Tyler May
Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy, Elaine Tyler May
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- Summary
- "Fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in barricaded houses and gated communities, and retreat from public spaces. And yet, since the 1990s crime rates have plummeted. Why then, are Americans so afraid? In Fortress America, award-winning historian Elaine Tyler May demonstrates how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the government, eroding American democracy. This trend is not merely an aftershock of 9/11--indeed, it dates back to the end of World War II. Cold War anxieties resulted in widespread nuclear panic. Officials encouraged Americans to build bunkers in their backyards and shun anyone they suspected of communist sympathies. In the 1960s and 1970s, Atomic Age anxieties gave way to misplaced fear of crime, leading to a preoccupation with "law and order." The media pointed to black men as dangerous and women as vulnerable, inaccurate claims that nevertheless led to mass incarceration of African Americans and women's exaggerated distrust of strangers. The threat of terrorism is only the most recent in a series of overblown fears that set Americans against each other. With fear on the rise, the concept of citizenship has deteriorated and concern for the common good has all but disappeared. In this remarkable work of history May charts the rise of a muscular national culture grounded in fear. Instead of a thriving democracy of engaged citizens, we have become a paranoid, bunkered, militarized, and divided vigilante nation."--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 247 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The bunker mentality
- Gimme shelter : security in the Atomic Age
- The color of danger : from red to black
- Vigilante virtue : fantasy, reality, and the law
- Women : victims or villains?
- Locked-up America : self-incarceration and the illusion of security
- Epilogue: Back to the future : the twenty-first century
- Isbn
- 9780465055920
- Label
- Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy
- Title
- Fortress America
- Title remainder
- how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine Tyler May
- Subject
-
- HISTORY / Social History
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Women
- Crime -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Civilization -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Violence -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Public safety -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- HISTORY / African American
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Fear has seeped into every area of American life: Americans own more guns than citizens of any other country, sequester themselves in barricaded houses and gated communities, and retreat from public spaces. And yet, since the 1990s crime rates have plummeted. Why then, are Americans so afraid? In Fortress America, award-winning historian Elaine Tyler May demonstrates how our obsession with security has made citizens fear each other and distrust the government, eroding American democracy. This trend is not merely an aftershock of 9/11--indeed, it dates back to the end of World War II. Cold War anxieties resulted in widespread nuclear panic. Officials encouraged Americans to build bunkers in their backyards and shun anyone they suspected of communist sympathies. In the 1960s and 1970s, Atomic Age anxieties gave way to misplaced fear of crime, leading to a preoccupation with "law and order." The media pointed to black men as dangerous and women as vulnerable, inaccurate claims that nevertheless led to mass incarceration of African Americans and women's exaggerated distrust of strangers. The threat of terrorism is only the most recent in a series of overblown fears that set Americans against each other. With fear on the rise, the concept of citizenship has deteriorated and concern for the common good has all but disappeared. In this remarkable work of history May charts the rise of a muscular national culture grounded in fear. Instead of a thriving democracy of engaged citizens, we have become a paranoid, bunkered, militarized, and divided vigilante nation."--Dust jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- May, Elaine Tyler
- Dewey number
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- 364.10973
- 306.0973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6789
- LC item number
- .M359 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Crime
- Violence
- Public safety
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY / African American
- HISTORY / Social History
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Women
- Label
- Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy, Elaine Tyler May
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The bunker mentality -- Gimme shelter : security in the Atomic Age -- The color of danger : from red to black -- Vigilante virtue : fantasy, reality, and the law -- Women : victims or villains? -- Locked-up America : self-incarceration and the illusion of security -- Epilogue: Back to the future : the twenty-first century
- Control code
- ocn958799377
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465055920
- Lccn
- 2017023376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958799377
- Label
- Fortress America : how we embraced fear and abandoned democracy, Elaine Tyler May
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The bunker mentality -- Gimme shelter : security in the Atomic Age -- The color of danger : from red to black -- Vigilante virtue : fantasy, reality, and the law -- Women : victims or villains? -- Locked-up America : self-incarceration and the illusion of security -- Epilogue: Back to the future : the twenty-first century
- Control code
- ocn958799377
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- vii, 247 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465055920
- Lccn
- 2017023376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958799377
Subject
- HISTORY / Social History
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Women
- Crime -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Civilization -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Violence -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Public safety -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- HISTORY / African American
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