Measuring America: How Economic Growth Came to Define American Greatness in the Late Twentieth Century

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Copyright  2010 by University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 2010018921 ISBN 978-1-55849-835-8 (paper); 834-1 (library cloth) Designed by Jack Harrison Set in Monotype Dante with Futura display typography Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yarrow, Andrew L. Measuring America : how economic growth came to define American greatness in the late twentieth century / Andrew L. Yarrow. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55849-835-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-834-1 (library cloth : alk. paper) 1. Economics—United States—Sociological aspects. 2. Public opinion—United States. 3. Nationalism—United States. 4. United States—Economic conditions—20th century. 5. United States—Social conditions—20th century. I. Title. HB119.A2Y37 2010 330.973'092—dc22 2010018921 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. To my wonderful son, Richard, who has tremendous curiosity about America, the world, and so much else; and to the memory of my parents, Marian Radke Yarrow and Leon J. Yarrow, scholars who taught me that scholarship means little if it does not in some way seek to make ours a better world. ...