Counting our blessings : [electronic resource] reflections on the future of America / Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
By: Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick).
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown, c1980Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 348 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0316587028 :; 9780316587020.Subject(s): United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Constitutional history -- United StatesDDC classification: 973.9 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
Includes index.
1. The legacy of Woodrow Wilson -- How much does freedom matter? -- Presenting the American case -- Pacem in terris -- The advent of party in international politics -- The politics of human rights -- 2. The iron law of emulation -- Social science and the courts -- When the Supreme Court is wrong -- 3. Patterns of ethnic succession: the rise of Blacks and Hispanics in New York City -- The politics of regional growth -- Government and the ruin of private education -- Two tax revolts -- 4. Cold dawn, high noon: SALT I and II.