{"product_id":"ill-fares-the-land-paperback","title":"Ill Fares the Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Judt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTa-Nehisi Coates\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new preface by bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Water Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e, Ta-Nehisi Coates. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We are in for a fight . . . and in that fight Tony's work will be needed. This volume, in particular, will be needed.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eTa-Nehisi Coates, from the preface \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Judt called America \"an eviscerated society,\" a nation tethered to its government more by tradition and law than collective benefit and unity. Written in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, \u003ci\u003eIll Fares the Land\u003c\/i\u003e takes on the nihilistic individualism of conservatives and the failures of liberals to defend effective government. It reintroduces forgotten alternatives to address our common needs, and asks the central question facing us today: How can we make a good society now?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Judt was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University, as well as the founder and director of the Remarque Institute, dedicated to creating an ongoing conversation between Europe and the United States. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, and the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and also taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor Judt was a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many journals across Europe and the United States. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThinking the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Chalet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIll Fares the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePostwar: A History of Europe Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, which was one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Books of 2005, the winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He died in August 2010 at the age of sixty-two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753734930720,"sku":"9780143118763","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/872ff0cac456d81872a8aa74c2503698.webp?v=1780026482","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ill-fares-the-land-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}