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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
by Kurt Andersen
Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late September.
Even if I was much more fond of the chronology than what Andersen described about the cataclysmic present-day, this is still an extremely fascinating book about the things that seem to relate to American 'exceptionalism,' like religious/spiritual movements, the celebrity of actors, the concept of 'the Old South,' science-fiction, a free compulsory public school system, the Gold Rush, entrepreneurism, pursuit of a higher consciousness through hallucinogenic drugs, survivalism, New Age medicine, and self-help movements.
Even if I was much more fond of the chronology than what Andersen described about the cataclysmic present-day, this is still an extremely fascinating book about the things that seem to relate to American 'exceptionalism,' like religious/spiritual movements, the celebrity of actors, the concept of 'the Old South,' science-fiction, a free compulsory public school system, the Gold Rush, entrepreneurism, pursuit of a higher consciousness through hallucinogenic drugs, survivalism, New Age medicine, and self-help movements.