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America

by Jean Baudrillard · 1986

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In this, his most accessible and evocative book, France's leading philosopher of postmodernism takes to the freeways in a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 200 pages
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