The Day Before Yesterday: Reconsidering America's Past, Rediscovering the Present

by Michael Elliott

Overview

In The Day Before Yesterday, acclaimed journalist Michael Elliott says, "Americans whine. They live in the most prosperous society the world has ever seen...And yet they are convinced that their life is miserable."

Michael Elliot looks to America's past for solutions to current problems, such as crime, job insecurity, and economic stagnation, while looking toward the future for a new sense of renewal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684870458
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	04/01/1999
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Michael Elliott is a Simon & Schuster author.

Editorial Reviews

Joseph Nocera Author of A Piece of the Action Rare is the book that genuinely deserves to be called "long overdue," but this is most emphatically true of Michael Elliott's The Day Before Yesterday. At a time when Americans have never seemed more discontented, Elliott is the rare journalist willing to question whether our sour national mood is really justified. The case he builds that it is not — clear-eyed, insightful, and filled with badly needed historical perspective — should make all Americans rethink the commonly held belief that the country is going to hell in a handbasket.

Evan Thomas Author of The Very Best Men With verve and sweep and a very shrewd eye, Michael Elliott tells us why we're doing pretty well — yet feel so bad.

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