Day America told the truth
3/5
(86 votes)
- Format
- 270 pages, Paperback
- First published
- 1992
- Publishers
- Plume
- Subjects
- Public opinion·United States·United States·Religion·Public opinion
- Language
- English
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Reviews
The book is okay. It is not a must read in my eyes.
I have only read a few chapters in the book as I have many ahead of it to be read. But from the little I've read, one word: Wow!
This was a fantastic book, having read it twice. I have to admit that I didn't just finish the book, but that being said this book really left an indelible impression on me.
Professional researchers James Patterson and Peter Kim conducted numerous in-depth surveys during the early 1990's to find out what Americans really thought. Patterson and Kim interviewed their subjects on such issues as sex, money, religious beliefs, morality, ethics, sense of community, responsibility, work issues, etc.
It has been over a decade since the authors captured this snapshot of American thoughts and attitudes, and after rediscovering this book at the library I was curious whether all of the "revelations" identified in the book have held up. What struck me the most was how fleeting many of the attitudes identified were (and are), which are outside of the core ways we define ourselves - morality, values, and private lives.