Böcker av Betsy Hartmann

As a small New England town becomes embattled in the drug war, single mother Laura Everett finds herself on the brink of love and her teenage son on the brink of disaster. To save him and his friends from potentially deadly consequences, she is forced out of her comfort zone and into action . . .

Has apocalyptic thinking contributed to some of our nation's biggest problems-inequality, permanent war, and the despoiling of our natural resources? From the Puritans to the present, historian and public policy advocate Betsy Hartmann sheds light on a pervasive but-until now-invisible theme shaping the American mindset: apocalyptic thinking, or the belief that the end of the world is nigh. Hartmann makes a compelling case that apocalyptic fears are deeply intertwined with the American ethos, to our detriment. In The America Syndrome, she seeks to reclaim human agency and, in so doing, revise the national narrative. By changing the way we think, we just might change the world.

With a new preface, this feminist classic reveals the dangers of contemporary population-control tactics, especially for women in developing countries.