| The Anxieties of Affluence: Critiques of American Consumer Culture, 1939-1979 Contributor(s): Horowitz, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558495045 ISBN-13: 9781558495043 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: 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 war-time 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity |
| Dewey: 339.47 |
| LCCN: 2003016300 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.18" W x 9.16" (1.22 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |