American nightmares : social problems in an anxious world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Best, Joel (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Anxiety > Social aspects > United States. United States > Social conditions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Popular hazards or, how we insist similar social problems are different
American nightmares or, why sociologists hate the American dream / written with David Schweingruber
Evaluating predictions or, how to compare the Maya calendar, Social Security, and climate change
Future talk or, how slippery slopes shape concern
Memories as problems or, how to reconsider Confederate flags and other symbols of the past /written with Lawrence T. Nichols
Economicization or, why economists get more respect than sociologists
Afterword : the future of American nightmares.