Scott Powell
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In this sequel to the History of Now, historian Scott Powell extends the explanatory power of present-centrism to create a predictive framework to pre
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pare us for the world we will live in. That world will be far-removed from anything we have known. It will be Post-Americanistic. By tracking the history of the American social contract, with a special focus on political economy, and combining the results with a detailed study of America’s foreign policy entanglements, Powell demonstrates that history—properly integrated—not only allows us to understand how the world came to be the way it is, but can arm us with foresight into a future that is just around the corner.
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