The Lonely Crowd

A study of 20th-century American society. Its now-classic analysis of the "new middle class" in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political and economic problems that confront the individual in society.

Autorentext

David Riesman is Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Nathan Glazer is emeritus professor of education and sociology structure at Harvard University. Reuel Denney was emeritus professor of English at the University of Hawaii. Todd Gitlin is professor of culture, journalism, and sociology at New York University and the author of The Sixties, The Twilight of Common Dreams, and two novels, most recently Sacrifice.

Abridged and revised with a Forward by professor Todd Gitlin, "The Lonely Crowd" is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand the social character of the United States. Its now-classic analysis of the "new middle class" opens exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society.

Titel

The Lonely Crowd

Untertitel

Yale Nota Bene. A Study of the Changing American Character

Autor

• David Riesman
• Nathan Glazer
• Reuel Denney

EAN

9780300088656

ISBN

978-0-300-08865-6

Format

Kartonierter Einband

Herausgeber

University Presses

Genre

Soziologie

Anzahl Seiten

392

Gewicht

384g

Größe

H196mm x B123mm x T27mm

Jahr

2001

Untertitel

Englisch