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035 _a(OCoLC)ocn436030257
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035 _a(OCoLC)436030257
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050 1 4 _aJK 275
_bP615i 2010
100 1 _aPierce, Charles P.
_q(Charles Patrick),
_d1953-
245 1 0 _aIdiot America :
_bhow stupidity became a virtue in the Land of the Free /
_cCharles P. Pierce.
260 _aNew York :
_bAnchor Books,
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 307 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"With a new afterword"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307).
505 0 _aThe American way of idiocy : The prince of cranks ; The war on expertise ; Beyond Atlantis ; The Templars in town -- Truth : Radio nowhere ; God and Judge Jones -- Consequences : A woman dies on Beech Street ; How we look at the sea ; The principles of automatic pilot -- Mr. Madison's library : Torture in New Hampshire ; Mr. Madison's library.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aStupidity
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
856 4 1 _3Sample text
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010293310-s.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010293310-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010293310-d.html
938 _aBaker and Taylor
_bBTCP
_nBK0008546644
938 _aYBP Library Services
_bYANK
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