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Elsewhere, U.S.A.

Title
Elsewhere, U.S.A. / Dalton Conley.
Author
Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books, ©2009.

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Description
xiv, 221 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Examining the dramatic changes that have occurred in American society over the past three decades, the author of The Pecking Order offers a thoughtful study of the new social realities of life, explaining how the social, economic, and technological transformation has reshaped individual lives.
Subject
  • Social change
  • Social structure
  • Social problems
  • Economic indicators
  • Social indicators
  • social structure
  • social issues
  • Economic indicators
  • Social change
  • Social indicators
  • Social problems
  • Social structure
  • Soziale Probleme
  • Sozialer Wandel
  • Sozialstruktur
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.
Contents
Preface: A tale of three generations -- Introduction: Life among the elsewhere class -- From the Protestant ethic to the elsewhere ethic -- And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile : from General Motors to Google -- One plus a hundred zeros : welcome to your (n)office -- Convestment : the way we earn and spend -- Shoot the moon : public life in an age of private markets -- From elsewhere to nowhere : crime and punishment -- Polymorphous perversity : family life in the elsewhere society -- The birth of the intravidual -- Conclusion: Learning to love the BlackBerry.
ISBN
  • 9780375422904
  • 0375422900
  • 9781400076796
  • 140007679X
LCCN
2007050081
OCLC
  • ocn184982449
  • 184982449
  • SCSB-8846937
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library