1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450951703321

Autore

Landau Saul

Titolo

The business of America : how consumers have replaced citizens and how we can reverse the trend / / Saul Landau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-00108-8

1-134-00109-6

1-280-16073-X

0-203-49475-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Paths for the twenty-first century

Disciplina

306/.0973

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Mass media - United States

Air - Pollution - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States

Fraud - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 1980-

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The Bush vision: a bipolar political disorder -- Classify this! National security culture sets the norm -- Sheep don't need whipping: media in the 21st century -- Ahab can beat the whale -- The Iraq connundrum -- Closing remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Written by one of the most insightful critics of American commercialism, The Business of America probes the forces that have transformed citizens into consumers eager to take as much as they can from the planet.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148647703321

Autore

Smiley Tavis <1964->

Titolo

Before you judge me : the triumph and tragedy of Michael Jackson's last days / / David Ritz, Tavis Smiley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Little Brown & Company, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-25910-1

0-316-25911-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 277 pages)

Disciplina

782.42166092

Soggetti

Rock musicians - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

This is it -- Who will buy this wonderful feeling? -- Stranger in Moscow -- Demerol -- Jehovah -- Managerial warfare -- Spring -- Father, father -- Managing managers -- More and better -- Interlude -- April Fools' day -- Milk -- Disappear into the dance -- Heat -- Wordless -- Vulnerable today, ruthless tomorrow -- Family reunion -- Elvis -- Do or die -- How did it get so late so soon? -- On the good ship lollipop -- Breaking news -- "Give me your all: your endurance, your patience, your understanding" -- June 25, 2009 -- Before you judge me.

Sommario/riassunto

"A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost--ultimately--unable to live,"--NoveList.