ISBN: 9781555841096 - money and class in america: notes and observations on our civil religion (23 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. Extensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank In the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more are American obsessions. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, the editor of Lapham's Quarterly here examines our fascination with the ubiquitous green goddess. Focusing on the wealthy sybarites of New York City, whom Lewis H. Lapham has been able to observe firsthand in their natural habitat, Money and Class in America is a caustic, and often hilarious, portrait of a segment of the American population who, in the thirty years since the book was originally written, have become only further removed-both in terms of wealth and social awareness-from everyone else.…

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Hardback. Condición: Good. Extensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank In the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more are American obsessions. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, the editor of Lapham's Quarterly here examines our fascination with the ubiquitous green goddess. Focusing on the wealthy sybarites of New York City, whom Lewis H. Lapham has been able to observe firsthand in their natural habitat, Money and Class in America is a caustic, and often hilarious, portrait of a segment of the American population who, in the thirty years since the book was originally written, have become only further removed-both in terms of wealth and social awareness-from everyone else.…

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Traded paperback, light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; small amount o f underlining in author's introduction; otherwise in very good condition wi th clean text, firm binding.

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hardcover. Condición: near fine. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth-backed boards. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). First Edition. A near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988, Good, HB, ISBN: 1-55584-109-0. Book.

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