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- Seller Notes
- “hardcover with dust jacket-9780151004454”
- Subject Area
- Political Science
- Publication Name
- Best of Times : America in the Clinton Years
- MPN
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- Subject
- Political
- Series
- The Best of Times
- Type
- Book
- Educational Level
- High School
- Personalized
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- Level
- Advanced
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780151004454
- Book Title
- Best of Times : America in the Clinton Years
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 35.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 624 Pages
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We were awash in money and spellbound by celebrity. We ogled at O. J., marveled over Monica, and sent the stock market soaring. It was a time of unprecedented wealth and possibility, it was a time of waste and squandered opportunities. In the Best of Times (yes, the title is ironic), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson looks back on the decade when Bill Clinton and Bill Gates ran the country--and the rest of us sat back and downloaded it all off the Internet. He opens with a tense, exciting amount of chess master's Gary Kasparov's match with Deep Blue--a defeat of man by machine emblematic of a decade in which, as Thoreau said, we became "tools of [our] tools." He takes us through the work-obsessed halls of Microsoft, the lab that created Dolly the Sheep, and the Hollywood studios that operated on the mantra "dumb and dumber." The book is full of fresh insights into the headlines of the decade: the avalanche of wealth that rewarded some and passed many by; the societal schisms that could be seen from the O. J. Simpson trials to Congress. With a sharp eye for the quote or detail that perfectly captures a moment in time, Johnson knows just how to tell this story. He serves up no-holds-barred portraits of the key players, for a sorrowful David Geffen, who assures us that movies will only get worse, to Monica Lewinsky as a monument to entitlement. What lies ahead? It's uncertain. We can only hope that Haynes Johnson is there to explain it to us when it happens. The Best of Times , the product of four years of interviews with America's leaders in politics, business, and science, is in the best tradition of timeless social history--a memorable portrait of the nation at a turning point.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151004455
ISBN-13
9780151004454
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1906134
Product Key Features
Book Title
Best of Times : America in the Clinton Years
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
624 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
35.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E885.J63 2001
Reviews
PRAISE FOR THE BEST OF TIMES "Informed, balanced and . . . gripping. A vivid and reliable reminder of what we have been through."-- The New York Times "Drawn with insight, care, and an excellent eye for detail . . . Johnson is among the most brilliant chroniclers of our times, and he scores again here."-- The Boston Globe "A magnetic book that every thoughtful American will want to read."-- Publishers Weekly "Beautifully written . . . As full of juicy tidbits as a cherry cake. [Johnson shows] how witty, perceptive and morally grown up American political journalism can be at its best." --The Economist
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-024753
Dewey Decimal
973.929
Dewey Edition
21
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