The challenge of affluence self-control and well-being in the United States and Britain since 1950

By:

Offer, Avner

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006Description: xviii, 454 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199216628

Subject(s):

Wealth--Social aspects--United States

DDC classification:

306.309OFF

Summary: Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have come to enjoy an era of rising material abundance. Yet this has been accompanied by a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, addiction, mental instability, crime, obesity, inequality, economic insecurity, and declining trust.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-444) and index.

Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have come to enjoy an era of rising material abundance. Yet this has been accompanied by a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, addiction, mental instability, crime, obesity, inequality, economic insecurity, and declining trust.

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