American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Anxiety - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
anxiety collective memory daily apprehension dismantling ideas about the future early retirement fantasies fears generations graduate from college healthcare insecure social times kids not learning net worth own a home schools failing social institutions social problems socially constructed problems sociology marginalization sociology |
ISBN | 0-520-96890-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: Contemporary Concerns -- 1. Popular Hazards; or, How We Insist Similar Social Problems Are Different -- 2. American Nightmares; or, Why Sociologists Hate the American Dream / Schweingruber, David -- Part Two: Constructing Future Problems -- 3. Evaluating Predictions; or, How to Compare the Maya Calendar, Social Security, and Climate Change -- 4. Future Talk; or, How Slippery Slopes Shape Concern -- Part Three: Looking Backward and Beyond Sociology -- 5. Memories as Problems; or, How to Reconsider Confederate Flags and Other Symbols of the Past / Nichols, Lawrence T. -- 6. Economicization; or, Why Economists Get More Respect Than Sociologists -- Afterword: The Future of American Nightmares -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796240803321 |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
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American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Soggetto topico | Anxiety - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american dream
anxiety collective memory daily apprehension dismantling ideas about the future early retirement fantasies fears generations graduate from college healthcare insecure social times kids not learning net worth own a home schools failing social institutions social problems socially constructed problems sociology marginalization sociology |
ISBN | 0-520-96890-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One: Contemporary Concerns -- 1. Popular Hazards; or, How We Insist Similar Social Problems Are Different -- 2. American Nightmares; or, Why Sociologists Hate the American Dream / Schweingruber, David -- Part Two: Constructing Future Problems -- 3. Evaluating Predictions; or, How to Compare the Maya Calendar, Social Security, and Climate Change -- 4. Future Talk; or, How Slippery Slopes Shape Concern -- Part Three: Looking Backward and Beyond Sociology -- 5. Memories as Problems; or, How to Reconsider Confederate Flags and Other Symbols of the Past / Nichols, Lawrence T. -- 6. Economicization; or, Why Economists Get More Respect Than Sociologists -- Afterword: The Future of American Nightmares -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821977303321 |
Best Joel
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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