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Bibliographic Information
- Title
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance
Unabridged.
- Author
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Sasse, Benjamin E.,
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Audio,
- Pub date:
- [2017]
- Pages:
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 15 min., 14 sec.)) :
- ISBN:
- 9781427283108
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Online resources.
1 copy total in all locations.
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance
Unabridged.
Sasse, Benjamin E.,
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance
Unabridged.
Sasse, Benjamin E.,
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Personal Author:
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Sasse, Benjamin E.,
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Title:
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance / Ben Sasse.
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Edition:
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Unabridged.
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Publication info:
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New York : Macmillan Audio, 2017.
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Physical description:
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1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 15 min., 14 sec.)) : digital.
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Duration:
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111514
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Performer:
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Read by Ben Sasse.
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Summary:
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This program is read by the author. America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, they are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming economically self-reliant--are being delayed or skipped altogether. The statistics are daunting: 30% of college students drop out after the first year, and only 4 in 10 graduate. One in three 18-to-34 year-olds live with their parents. From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue: hard work to appreciate the benefits of labor, travel to understand deprivation and want, the power of reading, the importance of nurturing your body--and explains how parents can encourage them. Our democracy depends on responsible, contributing adults to function properly--without them America falls prey to populist demagogues. A call to arms, The Vanishing American Adult will ignite a much-needed debate about the link between the way we're raising our children and the future of our country.
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Subject term:
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers
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Subject term:
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
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Subject term:
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Adulthood--United States.
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Subject term:
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Young adults--United States.
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Subject term:
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Self-reliance--United States.
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Subject term:
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Adulthood. (OCoLC)fst00797400
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Subject term:
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Self-reliance. (OCoLC)fst01111915
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Subject term:
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Young adults. (OCoLC)fst01183198
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Geographic term:
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United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Electronic access:
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Electronic access:
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https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/3255107-TheVanishingAmericanAdult.mp3
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https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9704c3c4-b488-43e1-93de-fb59fbdd28d7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
