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The Lonely Crowd : a Study of the Changing American Character /

"One of the most important books of the twentieth century."--Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker Considered by many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the problems confronting the individual...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Riesman, David (Autor), Glazer, Nathan (Autor), Denney, Reuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Edición:Abridged and revised edition edition.
Colección:Veritas Paperbacks Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Twenty Years After
  • A Second Preface
  • Preface to the 1961 Edition
  • Chapter I. Some Types of Character and Society
  • Chapter II. From Morality to Morale: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation
  • Chapter III. A Jury of Their Peers: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation (Continued )
  • Chapter IV. Storytellers as Tutors in Technique: Changes in the Agents of Character Formation (Continued )
  • Chapter V. The Inner-directed Round of Life
  • Chapter VI. The Other-directed Round of Life: From Invisible Hand to Glad Hand
  • Chapter VII. The Other-directed Round of Life (Continued): The Night Shift
  • Chapter VIII. Tradition-directed, Inner-directed, and Other-directed Political Styles: Indifferents, Moralizers, Inside-dopesters
  • Chapter IX. Political Persuasions: Indignation and Tolerance
  • Chapter X. Images of Power
  • Chapter XI. Americans and Kwakiutls
  • Chapter XII. Adjustment or Autonomy?
  • Chapter XIII. False Personalization: Obstacles to Autonomy in Work
  • Chapter XIV. Enforced Privatization: Obstacles to Autonomy in Play
  • Chapter XV. The Problem of Competence: Obstacles to Autonomy in Play (Continued)
  • Chapter XVI. Autonomy and Utopia
  • Notes
  • Index