| Description |
ix, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Chastened consumption: World War II and the campaign for a democratic standard of living -- Celebratory émigrés: Ernest Dichter and George Katona -- A southerner in exile, the Cold War, and social order: David M. Potter's People of plenty -- Critique from within: John Kenneth Galbraith, Vance Packard, and Betty Friedan -- From the affluent society to the poverty of affluence, 1960-1962: Paul Goodman, Oscar Lewis, Michael Harrington, and Rachel Carson -- Consumer activism, 1965-1970: Ralph Nader, Martin Luther King Jr., and Paul R. Ehrlich -- The energy crisis and the quest to contain consumption: Daniel Bell, Christopher Lasch, and Robert Bellah -- Three intellectuals and a president: Jimmy Carter, "Energy and the crisis of confidence" -- The response to affluence at the end of the century. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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United States. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Intellectuals -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Intellectuals. |
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Acquisitiveness -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Acquisitiveness. |
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Affluent consumers -- United States -- Psychology.
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Affluent consumers. |
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Psychology. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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Wealth -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Wealth. |
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Public opinion -- United States.
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| ISBN |
1558494324 Cloth alkaline paper |
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