Divisible

In April 2004, Sasha Issenberg of Philadelphia magazine set out to retrace the journey through Franklin County, Pennsylvania, that Brooks described in the article “One Nation, Slightly Divisible” published in 2001 in the Atlantic Monthly.

November « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008

In April 2004, Sasha Issenberg of Philadelphia magazine set out to retrace the journey through Franklin County, Pennsylvania, that Brooks described in the article “One Nation, Slightly Divisible” published in 2001 in the Atlantic Monthly.

david brooks | the insider’s crusade « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008

As Richard Polenberg notes, "By introducing two powerful solvents — migration and manpower shortages — the war upset the delicate patterns of behavior governing race relations" (One Nation Divisible, 72).

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 25: Polenberg, One Nation Divisible, 42; Dinnerstein, Uneasy at Home, 61 – 62. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

On the persistence and negotiation of these divisions, see especially Richard Polenberg, One Nation Divisible: Class, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States since 1938 (New York: Penguin, 1980). back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Note 22: Polenberg, One Nation Divisible, 41. back

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

About the first 3.5 years, it has been observed by David Reynolds in his book "One ‎ World Divisible: A Global History Since 1945" (New York: W. W.Norton and Co., 2000, ‎ p. 217), "He [Sheikh Mujib, the first prime minister] failed to disarm the guerrillas or ‎ check the rampant corruption, and the country soon degenerated into anarchy".

The Rape of the Delta 2007

'For ‎ Tutsis after 1994, "democracy means death"' observes David Reynolds in his book One ‎ World Divisible. ‎

The Perils of Cultural Absolutism 2007

Divisible animals are like a number of animals grown together, but animals of superior construction behave differently because their constitution is a unity of the highest possible kind.

On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002

Divisible animals are like a number of animals grown together, but animals of superior construction behave differently because their constitution is a unity of the highest possible kind.

On youth and old age, on life and death, on breathing 2002