TY - BOOK AB - Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation. AU - Packer, George, CN - E839 CN - E839 ET - First edition. ID - 471144 KW - Social problems KW - Crises KW - Politicians KW - Celebrities N2 - Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation. SN - 9780374102418 SN - 0374102414 T1 - The unwinding :an inner history of the new America / TI - The unwinding :an inner history of the new America / ER -