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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964652603321

Autore

Riesman David <1909-2002.>

Titolo

The lonely crowd : a study of the changing American character / / by David Riesman ; with Nathan Glazer and Reuel Denney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2001

ISBN

9781299284081

1299284086

9780300174144

0300174144

Edizione

[Abridged and rev. ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Yale Nota bene

Altri autori (Persone)

GlazerNathan

DenneyReuel <1913-1995.>

GitlinTodd

Disciplina

305.813

Soggetti

National characteristics, American

Ethnopsychology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Character -- pt. 2. Politics -- pt. 3. Autonomy.

Sommario/riassunto

The Lonely Crowd is considered by many to be the most influential book of the twentieth century. Its now-classic analysis of the "new middle class" in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society. The 1969 abridged and revised edition of the book is now reissued with a new foreword by Todd Gitlin that explains why the book is still relevant to our own era."As accessible as it is acute, The Lonely Crowd is 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 GitlinPraise for the earlier editions:"One of the most penetrating and comprehensive views of the twentieth-century urban American you're likely to find."-Commonweal"Brilliant and original."-Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.