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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dalton Conley |
| ISBN: | 9780375422904 0375422900 |
| OCLC Number: | 756724788 |
| Description: | xiv, 221 s. ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Dalton Conley. |
Abstract:
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.
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