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Author:

Friedman, Thomas L.

Title:

That used to be us : how America fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back / Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Creative ability--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Information technology--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Mandelbaum, Michael.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

If you see something, say something -- Ignoring our problems -- Ignoring our history -- Up in the air -- Help wanted -- Homework x 2 = the American dream -- Average is over -- This is our due -- The war on math (and the future) -- The war on physics and on other good things -- The terrible twos -- The war between the parties -- Show me the money -- Devaluation -- They just didn't get the word -- Shock therapy -- Rediscovering America.

ISBN:

0374288909 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780374288907 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706020974

LCCN:

2011020814

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