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The anxieties of affluence: critiques of American consumer culture, 1939-1979

By Daniel Horowitz

Book information

Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781558495043, 9781613761106, 9781558494329
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
81 MB (84628860 bytes)
Pages
352\352
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-13 09:17:14

Description

This book charts the reactions of prominent American writers to the unprecedented prosperity of the decades following World War II. It begins with an examination of Lewis Mumford's wartime call for "democratic" consumption and concludes with an analysis of the origins of President Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech of 1979. Between these bookends, Daniel Horowitz documents a broad range of competing views, each in its own way reflective of a deep-seated ambivalence toward consumer culture.

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