The Resource The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979, Daniel Horowitz
The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979, Daniel Horowitz
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- Summary
- "This book charts the reactions of prominent American writers to the unprecedented prosperity of the decades following World War II. It begins with an examination of Lewis Mumford's wartime call for "democratic" consumption and concludes with an analysis of the origins of President Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech of 1979. Between these bookends, Daniel Horowitz documents a broad range of competing views, each in its own way reflective of a deep-seated ambivalence toward consumer culture - a persistent but shifting tension between a commitment to self-restraint and the pursuit of personal satisfaction through the acquisition of commercial goods and experiences." "In his final chapter, Horowitz examines the writings of three leading intellectuals - Daniel Bell, Robert N. Bellah, and Christopher Lasch - whose views shaped President Carter's response to the energy crisis of the 1970s. An epilogue carries the story forward to the turn of the new century, when Americans found themselves grappling with the political and cultural implications of a new wave of prosperity."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 339 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781558494329
- Label
- The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979
- Title
- The anxieties of affluence
- Title remainder
- critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Horowitz
- Subject
-
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Public opinion
- Kritiek (algemeen)
- USA
- Consumptie
- Public opinion -- United States
- Overvloed
- Affluent consumers -- United States -- Psychology
- Intellectuals -- United States -- Attitudes
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Reichtum
- Wealth -- United States -- Public opinion
- Acquisitiveness -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Konsumgesellschaft
- USA
- Geschichte 1939-1979.
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book charts the reactions of prominent American writers to the unprecedented prosperity of the decades following World War II. It begins with an examination of Lewis Mumford's wartime call for "democratic" consumption and concludes with an analysis of the origins of President Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech of 1979. Between these bookends, Daniel Horowitz documents a broad range of competing views, each in its own way reflective of a deep-seated ambivalence toward consumer culture - a persistent but shifting tension between a commitment to self-restraint and the pursuit of personal satisfaction through the acquisition of commercial goods and experiences." "In his final chapter, Horowitz examines the writings of three leading intellectuals - Daniel Bell, Robert N. Bellah, and Christopher Lasch - whose views shaped President Carter's response to the energy crisis of the 1970s. An epilogue carries the story forward to the turn of the new century, when Americans found themselves grappling with the political and cultural implications of a new wave of prosperity."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horowitz, Daniel
- Dewey number
- 339.4/7/097309045
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC110.C6
- LC item number
- H577 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Consumption (Economics)
- Consumption (Economics)
- Intellectuals
- Acquisitiveness
- Affluent consumers
- Consumption (Economics)
- Wealth
- Public opinion
- Consumptie
- Overvloed
- Kritiek (algemeen)
- Reichtum
- Verbraucherverhalten
- USA
- Konsumgesellschaft
- Verbraucherverhalten
- USA
- Label
- The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979, Daniel Horowitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-317) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm52720717
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558494329
- Lccn
- 2003016300
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o52720717
- (OCoLC)52720717
- Label
- The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979, Daniel Horowitz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-317) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocm52720717
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 339 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558494329
- Lccn
- 2003016300
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o52720717
- (OCoLC)52720717
Subject
- Acquisitiveness -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Affluent consumers -- United States -- Psychology
- Consumptie
- Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Public opinion
- Geschichte 1939-1979.
- Intellectuals -- United States -- Attitudes
- Konsumgesellschaft
- Kritiek (algemeen)
- Overvloed
- Public opinion -- United States
- Reichtum
- USA
- USA
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Wealth -- United States -- Public opinion
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