Chris Hedges

Empire of Illusion

The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

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Produktbeschreibung

A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Avalon Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 212g
• ISBN-13: 9781568586137
• ISBN-10: 1568586132
• Artikelnr.: 29951880

Autorenporträt

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco. He writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.