Bibliograph

Money and class in America, notes and observations on a civil religion, Lewis H. Lapham

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Money and class in America, notes and observations on a civil religion, Lewis H. Lapham

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Money and class in America

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lewis H. Lapham

Sub title

notes and observations on a civil religion

Summary

Extensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank. In the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more are American obsessions. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, the editor of Lapham's Quarterly here examines our fascination with the ubiquitous green goddess. Focusing on the wealthy sybarites of New York City, whom Lewis H. Lapham has been able to observe firsthand in their natural habitat, Money and Class in America is a caustic, and often hilarious, portrait of a segment of the American population who, in the thirty years since the book was originally written, have become only further removed-both in terms of wealth and social awareness-from everyone else

Target audience

adult

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