| Description |
272 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PHASE ONE - Shock and Awe 1 -- 1 New Reality 3 -- 2 A 2.0 Book in a 3.0 World 16 -- 3 Open Source Reality 23 -- 4 Brand Wars 35 -- 5 The Message is the Median 42 -- 6 Emailing for Change 49 -- 7 Missing Identities 61 -- 8 Mass Movements 3.0 70 -- PHASE TWO - The Long War 77 -- 9 Fashion Wars 79 -- 10 A Real Person 83 -- 11 Can't Wait 87 -- 12 The Name Game 92 -- 13 Bowling Alone 98 -- 14 Genuine Imitation 110 -- 15 Mr Firth goes to Washington 122 -- PHASE THREE - Hearts and Minds 137 -- 16 Let's Roll 139 -- 17 Sermons, Florida-style 150 -- 18 Fantasy Springs 164 -- 19 Flying Toasters 167 -- 20 Ten-room Minimum 173 -- 21 Socratic Games 180 -- 22 Wonderful and Smart 191 -- 23 Insider Out 196 -- 24 Oil, of Course 201 -- 25 Down to the Toenail of Things 206 -- PHASE FOUR - Mission Accomplished-ish 219 -- 26 Win by Submission 221 -- 27 Complete Sham 227 -- 28 On Location 237 -- 29 Noble Causes 247 -- 30 False False Consciousness 263 -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 271 |
| Summary |
"In 2005, Charles Firth travelled to the US and over a period of six months invented five fictional American characters, each of whom represent a different point of view in American politics, and sent them out into the real world to see how successful they would be. Charles hypothesis was simple: whichever character got the furthest in America's fiercely competitive marketplace of ideas would be the victor. Would it be the conservative economist, the national security consultant, the left-liberal advertising executive, the working class white trash or the Muslim poet? The result is a compelling tale of an Australian "outsider" (and his dubious acting skills) coming to grips with America, Americans and the American dream, by confronting real Americans with their own rhetoric. Along the way, you'll share in each character's hilarious triumphs and tragic setbacks and you'll share Charles frustration as he meets more and more real Americans who seem even more fictional than the people he has invented."--Web site |
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Firth, Charles -- Travel.
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Firth, Charles -- Travel -- United States.
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Firth, Charles.
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Australian wit and humor.
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Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography.
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Impostors and imposture -- United States.
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National characteristics, American -- Humor.
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Political satire, Australian -- United States.
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Popular culture -- United States -- Humor.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071 -- Public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 -- Humor.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100056
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Humor.
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| LC no. |
2007405552 |
| ISBN |
1405037628 |
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9781405037624 |
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