The challenge of affluence self-control and well-being in the United States and Britain since 1950
Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have experienced rising material abundance, but also a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, obesity and addiction. Drawing on the latest cognitive research, Avner Offer presents a detailed and reasoned critique of the modern consum...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have experienced rising material abundance, but also a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, obesity and addiction. Drawing on the latest cognitive research, Avner Offer presents a detailed and reasoned critique of the modern consumer society |
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Physical Description: | xviii, 454 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780191696015 |