People of Plenty
Economic Abundance and the American Character
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty--a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts. The rejection of hindsight, with the insistence on trying to see events from the point of view of the participants, was a governing theme with Pott…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-226-67633-3
- EAN: 9780226676333
- Produktnummer: 1795899
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1958
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.5 cm 300 g
- Gewicht: 300
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
David M. Potter (1910-1971) was a professor of history at Yale University and, at the time of his death, Coe Professor of American History at Stanford University.
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