| Description |
ix, 339 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Chastened consumption : World War II and the campaign for a democratic standard of living -- Celebratory emigres : 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) -- Psychological aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Intellectuals -- Attitudes.
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Acquisitiveness -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Affluent consumers -- Psychology.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Public opinion.
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Wealth -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion.
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| ISBN |
1558494324 (Cloth : alk. paper) |
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