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• catalog abstract ""America is a nation based on an idea. For nearly four centuries, Americans have shared the conviction that a perfect world is within reach. Running through our history is the presumption that we can have it all." "In A Visionary Nation, Zachary Karabell shows how this utopian impulse forms a continuous thread in the tapestry of the American experience and represents who we really are. He brings the core of American history to life by examining its successive stages, each promising utopia and none delivering it. Karabell reveals that during every stage, there have been men and women who strove to transform the world. These are the visionaries who have defined American culture. Part history, part essay, part prediction, this book tells the stories of visionaries past and present, from Anne Hutchinson to FDR, Alexander Hamilton to Bill Gates. It shows that if our history has proven one thing, it is that no era lasts forever. In striving for the ideal, we have achieved much, but never have realized our dreams of spiritual fulfilment and material prosperity. And so we are chronically plagued by disappointment that we have not achieved everything." "Along with this view of American history, Karabell offers his own vision of where our nation is heading. Just as the Puritan vision of a City on a Hill was supplanted by the Founding Fathers' vision of individuality, and just as the expansive vision of a government-led Great Society was eclipsed by the New Economy in the 1990s, so too will the New Economy be replaced in our near future by a period when community and spirituality will occupy center stage. A Visionary Nation provides a framework for understanding America's past while preparing us for the next phase of the nation's growth."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11944147.
• catalog coverage "United States Civilization 21st century Forecasting.".
• catalog coverage "United States Civilization.".
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog created "c2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "c2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
• catalog description ""America is a nation based on an idea. For nearly four centuries, Americans have shared the conviction that a perfect world is within reach. Running through our history is the presumption that we can have it all." "In A Visionary Nation, Zachary Karabell shows how this utopian impulse forms a continuous thread in the tapestry of the American experience and represents who we really are. He brings the core of American history to life by examining its successive stages, each promising utopia and none delivering it. Karabell reveals that during every stage, there have been men and women who strove to transform the world. These are the visionaries who have defined American culture. Part history, part essay, part prediction, this book tells the stories of visionaries past and present, from Anne Hutchinson to FDR, Alexander Hamilton to Bill Gates. It shows that if our history has proven one thing, it is that no era lasts forever. In striving for the ideal, we have achieved much, but never have realized our dreams of spiritual fulfilment and material prosperity. And so we are chronically plagued by disappointment that we have not achieved everything." "Along with this view of American history, Karabell offers his own vision of where our nation is heading. Just as the Puritan vision of a City on a Hill was supplanted by the Founding Fathers' vision of individuality, and just as the expansive vision of a government-led Great Society was eclipsed by the New Economy in the 1990s, so too will the New Economy be replaced in our near future by a period when community and spirituality will occupy center stage. A Visionary Nation provides a framework for understanding America's past while preparing us for the next phase of the nation's growth."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "A Visionary Nation -- The Past -- Religion -- Individualism -- Unity -- Expansion -- Government -- The Present -- The Market -- The Internet -- The Future? -- Connectedness.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "viii, 246 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0380978571".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "c2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins,".
• catalog spatial "United States Civilization 21st century Forecasting.".
• catalog spatial "United States Civilization.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1980-".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "973 21".
• catalog subject "American Dream.".
• catalog subject "E169.1 .K318 2001".
• catalog subject "National characteristics, American.".
• catalog subject "Perfectionism (Personality trait) Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Technological innovations Social aspects United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "A Visionary Nation -- The Past -- Religion -- Individualism -- Unity -- Expansion -- Government -- The Present -- The Market -- The Internet -- The Future? -- Connectedness.".
• catalog title "A visionary nation : four centuries of American dreams and what lies ahead / Zachary Karabell.".
• catalog type "text".