America in a Changing World We Live In
A reflective portrait of American life facing broken promises and rapid change. It cites Woody Allen and Yeats among figures lamenting disillusion while noting rising living costs, urban decay, racial tensions, shifting technology, and a fraying sense of shared purpose across generations.
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William Butler Yeats
Archibald MacLeish
Interior
Stewart Udall
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
The American Condition in a Plastic World
A reflective summary of social decay and paradoxes in modern America. It laments inflation, growing civility decline, ecological strain, urban sprawl, and cultural dissonance. It notes history’s limits, the terror of doom headlines, and the disconnect between progress and genuine well-being.
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Schlesinger
America
Plymouth Rock
Polynesia
Honolulu
Aloha
Congoleum
Lining Up All Over America in a Crisis of Space and Signals
A sweeping critique traces how American life clusters people and things in cities, suburbs, and exurbs. It argues growth pressures push nature and culture toward loss, with polluted air and water, crammed landscapes, and commodified landscapes eroding national character.
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America
United States
Gertrude Stein
Los
Moscow
Denver
Los Angeles
New York
Sherwood Anderson
Edmund Burke
Lake Erie
Lake Tahoe
New England
Robert Frost
Mount Hood
Seattle
Bay
San Francisco
Waikiki
Lewis Mumford
There Is No Middle State for the Spirit
Prominent voices urge Americans to seek new prophets and inner meaning beyond government limits. Hesburgh and Moynihan call for vision and values, while Gardner warns that courage and self honesty are essential to restore confidence. The piece declares there is no middle state for the spirit.
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America
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Daniel Moynihan
John Gardner
Health Education and Welfare
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Martha’s Vineyard
Atlantic
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Peterborough
N.H
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Robert F. Kennedy
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