Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Please Note that you have been redirected to https://bookwire.bowker.com which is the new URL for Bookwire. As of September 16, 2024, any bookmarks or links to https://www.bookwire.com will no longer work.

Download

Backward and Upward

The New Conservative Writing

Backward and Upward( )
Author: Brooks, David
ISBN:978-0-679-76654-4
Publication Date:Jan 1996
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $13.00
Book Description:

The new conservatives who are increasingly defining America's politics and values may or may not have the moral edge on their opponents. But this combative collection of writing from the new American revolution suggests that they are better writers. And the often funny essays collected here indicate that conservatism is as much about personality as it is about ideology.

Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Science / American Government / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.26 x 8.09 x 0.83 Inches
Book Weight:0.616 Pounds
Author Biography
Brooks, David (Author)
David Brooks was born in Toronto, Canada on August 11, 1961. He received a degree in history from the University of Chicago in 1983. After graduation, he worked as a police reporter for the City News Bureau. His other jobs include numerous posts at The Wall Street Journal, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly. He currently is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 2003 and a weekly commentator on PBS NewsHour.

He is the author of the several books including Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, and The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement. He is also the editor of the anthology Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing. David Brooks made the New York Times Best Seller List with his title Social Animal: the Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement and The Road to Character.

030



Featured Books

Challenger
Higginbotham, Adam
Hardback: $35.00
Real Americans
Khong, Rachel
Hardback: $29.00
The Singularity Is Nearer
Kurzweil, Ray
Hardback: $35.00

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.