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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

George Packer

How did the structures that held American life together come apart, and what has that meant for the people living through it?

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Author
George Packer

Why read it

  • You will see the decline of old institutions through the lives of real people, not charts
  • You will learn how money fills the gap when old norms and institutions give way
  • You will understand your country through people on very different paths, from an entrepreneur to a media star

Who it is for

  • A reader trying to understand why American life feels less stable
  • Someone who likes reportage built from individual lives
  • A voter puzzled by the country's political divides

Contents

  1. PROLOGUE
  2. PART I
  3. DEAN PRICE
  4. TOTAL WAR: NEWT GINGRICH
  5. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  6. TAMMY THOMAS
  7. HER OWN: OPRAH WINFREY
  8. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  9. CRAFTSMAN: RAYMOND CARVER
  10. DEAN PRICE
  11. TAMMY THOMAS
  12. MR. SAM: SAM WALTON
  13. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  14. SILICON VALLEY
  15. DEAN PRICE
  16. TAMMY THOMAS
  17. INSTITUTION MAN (1): COLIN POWELL
  18. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  19. PART II
  20. DEAN PRICE
  21. RADISH QUEEN: ALICE WATERS
  22. TAMPA
  23. SILICON VALLEY
  24. INSTITUTION MAN (2): ROBERT RUBIN
  25. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  26. TAMMY THOMAS
  27. DEAN PRICE
  28. JUST BUSINESS: JAY-Z
  29. TAMPA
  30. PART III
  31. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  32. CITIZEN JOURNALIST: ANDREW BREITBART
  33. TAMPA
  34. DEAN PRICE
  35. TAMMY THOMAS
  36. TAMPA
  37. PRAIRIE POPULIST: ELIZABETH WARREN
  38. WALL STREET
  39. SILICON VALLEY
  40. JEFF CONNAUGHTON
  41. TAMPA
  42. TAMMY THOMAS
  43. DEAN PRICE
  44. A NOTE ON SOURCES

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