The Age of American Unreason in a Culture of Lies
- ISBN-10
- 0525436529
- ISBN-13
- 9780525436522
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Susan Jacoby
Description
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Pantheon Books....in 2008"--Title page verso.
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