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

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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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Main Author: Offer, Avner
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edition:1st paparback ed.
Subjects:
Wealth > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Wealth > United States > History > 20th century.
Wealth > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Wealth > Social aspects > United States.
Consumption (Economics) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > United States > History > 20th century.
Wealth > Psychological aspects.
Economic man.
Richesse > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Richesse > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Richesse > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Richesse > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Richesse > Aspect psychologique.
Homo œconomicus.
Consumption (Economics)
Economic man
Wealth
Wealth > Psychological aspects
Wealth > Social aspects
Great Britain
United States
Lebensqualität
Reichtum
Welvaart.
Zelfbeheersing.
Waarden.
Welzijn.
Wohlstand > USA.
Wohlstand > Grossbritannien.
Lebensqualität > USA.
Lebensqualität > Grossbritannien.
Lebensqualität > Reichtum > USA > Grossbritannien > Geschichte > 1950-2003.
USA > Lebensqualität > Reichtum > Grossbritannien > Geschichte > 1950-2003.
Grossbritannien > Lebensqualität > Reichtum > USA > Geschichte > 1950-2003.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I: Evaluating affluence
  • Economic welfare measurement and human well-being
  • Passions and interests: self-control and well-being
  • Choice: myopic and rational
  • The economy of regard
  • II: In the market place
  • The mask of intimacy: advertising and the quality of life
  • Body weight and self-control
  • Household appliances and the use of time
  • The American automobile frenzy of the 1950s
  • Driving prudently: American and European
  • III: Self and others
  • Affluence and the pursuit of status
  • Inequality hurts
  • All you need is love? Mating since the 1950s
  • Women and children last: the retreat from commitment.