text American mania : when more is not enough
- Summary
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An analysis of the American consumer culture cites modern statistics in obesity, depression, and panic disorders, drawing on detailed case studies to explain how today's affluent society is directly related to key social and medical issues.
- Contents
- Introduction : the manic society -- Adams Smith's American dream : of desire and debt -- Curiosity and the promised land : of origins and opportunism -- The freedom to strive : of risk and reward -- America bubbles over : of globalization and gree... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xx, 338 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co. 2006
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 301 WHY in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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