AuthorFriedman, Thomas L.
TitleThat used to be us : How America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back / Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
Edition 1st ed
Descript xiv, 380p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Preface: growing up in America. -- If you see something, say something. -- Ignoring our problems. -- Ignoring our history. -- Up in the air. -- Help wanted. -- Homework x 2 = the American dream. -- Average is over. -- "This is our due" -- The war on math (and the future). -- The war on physics and other good things. -- The terrible twos. -- "Whatever it is, I'm against it" -- Devaluation. -- They just didn't get the word. -- Shock therapy. -- Rediscovering America.


SUBJECT

  1. Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States
  2. Education and state -- United States
  3. Creative ability -- United States

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