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The Lonely Crowd : a Study of the Changing American Character
Title
The Lonely Crowd : a Study of the Changing American Character / David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, Reuel Denney ; introduction by Richard Sennett.
ISBN
9780300253474 9780300246735
0300253478
Edition
Abridged and revised edition edition.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
"One of the most important books of the twentieth century."--Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker Considered by many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the problems confronting the individual in twentieth-century America. Richard Sennett's new introduction illuminates the ways in which Riesman's analysis of a middle class obsessed with how others lived still resonates in the age of social media. "Indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand American society. After half a century, this book has lost none of its capacity to make sense of how we live."--Todd Gitlin.
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EBSCOhost eBook collection, Yale University Press.
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Print version: Riesman, David. Lonely Crowd : A Study of the Changing American Character. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 21, 2020
Series
Veritas Paperbacks Ser
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Twenty Years After
A Second Preface
Preface to the 1961 Edition
Chapter I. Some Types of Character and Society
Chapter II. From Morality to Morale: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation
Chapter III. A Jury of Their Peers: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation (Continued )
Chapter IV. Storytellers as Tutors in Technique: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation (Continued )
Chapter V. The Inner-directed Round of Life
Chapter VI. The Other-directed Round of Life: From Invisible Hand to Glad Hand
Chapter VII. The Other-directed Round of Life (Continued): The Night Shift
Chapter VIII. Tradition-directed, Inner-directed, and Other-directed Political Styles: Indifferents, Moralizers, Inside-dopesters
Chapter IX. Political Persuasions: Indignation and Tolerance
Chapter X. Images of Power
Chapter XI. Americans and Kwakiutls
Chapter XII. Adjustment or Autonomy?
Chapter XIII. False Personalization: Obstacles to Autonomy in Work
Chapter XIV. Enforced Privatization: Obstacles to Autonomy in Play
Chapter XV. The Problem of Competence: Obstacles to Autonomy in Play (Continued)
Chapter XVI. Autonomy and Utopia
Notes
Index
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