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The Dying Citizen by Victor Davis Hanson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Dying Citizen about?

The New York Times –bestselling historian explains the decline and fall of the once cherished idea of American citizenship Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the "citizen" is historically rare—and was among America's most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen , Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. The evisceration of the middle class over the last fifty years has made many Americans dependent on the federal government. Open borders have undermined the idea of allegiance to a particular place. Identity politics have eradicated our collective civic sense of self. And a top-heavy administrative state has endangered personal liberty, along with formal efforts to weaken the Constitution. As in the revolutionary...

Who reads The Dying Citizen?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher
Basic Books
Published
2021
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences
Rating
4.8 / 5 (3,821 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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