{"product_id":"this-is-america-portrait-of-a-nation-at-250-9789655975444","title":"This Is America: Portrait of a Nation at 250","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Is America: Portrait of a Nation at 250\u003c\/em\u003e offers a bold, eye-opening journey into the cultural DNA of the United States. Drawing on three decades of research, thousands of miles of travel, and more than 160 interviews, sociologist \u003cstrong\u003eGad Yair\u003c\/strong\u003e uncovers the deep cultural codes that define America at its 250th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Puritan sermons to presidential speeches, from the frontier to the stars, from Black Lives Matter protests to school shooting memorials, Yair reveals how history and culture quietly shape everyday American life. He shows how the American Dream coexists with illusion, how rights fuel both unity and conflict, why paranoia thrives, and how capitalism and faith remain twin engines of national destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding in the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, and Jean Baudrillard, Yair delivers a contemporary cultural portrait that is as analytical as it is alive. Blending sociology with vivid storytelling, he brings readers face to face with America's contradictions: freedom and inequality, belonging and loneliness, pragmatism and idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with the author's own photographs, \u003cem\u003eThis Is America\u003c\/em\u003e is both a scholarly contribution and a captivating narrative-an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand the United States as it enters its 250th year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYair, Gad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gad Yair is Full Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he holds the Louis and Ann Wolens Chair in Educational Research. A Fulbright alumnus at the University of Chicago and former Visiting Research Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, Yair has held appointments at leading institutions worldwide, including the Free University of Berlin and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His scholarship spans cultural sociology, national character, education, and collective identity, with a special focus on how cultural trauma shapes nations. Author of numerous books, among them The Code of Israeliness, The Unruly Mind, and Love Is Not Praktish, he has published over 100 scholarly articles in leading journals. Yair is an award-winning teacher, a sought-after speaker, a YouTuber anda frequent commentator on Israeli and American culture. This is America: Portrait of a Nation at 250 is the culmination of decades of travel, interviews, and cross-cultural research.","brand":"Gad Yair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033983480082,"sku":"9789655975444","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4fd35de-74c0-44a6-a0db-f46747766b08.jpg?v=1770983668","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-america-portrait-of-a-nation-at-250-9789655975444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}