The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979

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Label

The anxieties of affluence : critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979

Title remainder

critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979

Statement of responsibility

Daniel Horowitz

Creator

• Horowitz, Daniel, 1938-

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

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