# The American Idea

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- Book: [The American Idea](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-vare/the-american-idea) ([The American Idea.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-vare/the-american-idea.md))
- Authors: [Robert Vare](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-vare)
- Publisher: crown
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0748-140-5
- Published: 2008-12-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

“What is ‘the American idea’? It is the fractious, maddening approach to the conduct of human affairs that values equality despite its elusiveness, that values democracy despite its debasement,...