The decline and fall of the American empire : corruption, decadence, and the American dream / Tony Bouza.

By:

Bouza, Anthony V, 1928-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Plenum Press, c1996.Description: x, 327 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0306454076
9780306454073

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306/.0973

LOC classification:

HN 90 B782d 1996

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Publisher description

Contents:

1. White collar crime -- 2. Capitalism -- 3. Whom can you trust? -- 4. Politics -- 5. Organized crime -- 6. Terrorism -- 7. Religion, sects, cults, and other searches -- 8. The custodians -- 9. Street crime -- 10. The system's response -- 11. The culture -- 12. The end?

Summary: No segment of American society is spared from Bouza's critical gaze in exposing the systemic excesses that are poisoning the heart of our nation. He spotlights the white-collar criminals, who quietly take pennies from each of us to create their own pots of gold. He unmasks the politicians, on both ends of the political spectrum, whose arrogance and hypocrisy speak volumes. He demonstrates how organized crime, while catering to our sinful, illicit cravings, affects our daily lives from buying a fish dinner to building a house. He uncloaks the televangelists and other fraudulent religious leaders who have transformed the ministry from a shepherd's leading the flock into a huckster's fleecing the gullible. Moreover, he reveals the abuses that have permeated the medical and other "helping" professions.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HN 90 B782d 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000000822

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.

1. White collar crime --
2. Capitalism --
3. Whom can you trust? --
4. Politics --
5. Organized crime --
6. Terrorism --
7. Religion, sects, cults, and other searches --
8. The custodians --
9. Street crime --
10. The system's response --
11. The culture --
12. The end?

No segment of American society is spared from Bouza's critical gaze in exposing the systemic excesses that are poisoning the heart of our nation. He spotlights the white-collar criminals, who quietly take pennies from each of us to create their own pots of gold. He unmasks the politicians, on both ends of the political spectrum, whose arrogance and hypocrisy speak volumes. He demonstrates how organized crime, while catering to our sinful, illicit cravings, affects our daily lives from buying a fish dinner to building a house. He uncloaks the televangelists and other fraudulent religious leaders who have transformed the ministry from a shepherd's leading the flock into a huckster's fleecing the gullible. Moreover, he reveals the abuses that have permeated the medical and other "helping" professions.

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