- Social conditions, Civilization, Social policy, New York Times reviewed
A Finnish journalist and naturalized American citizen compares and contrasts life in the U.S. with life in the Nordic region to encourage Americans to draw on practices from the Nordic way of life to create a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and warm.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Anu Partanen
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishers, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062316561
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