America's Meltdown: The Lowest-Common-Denominator Society

by John Boghosian Arden

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As entertainers, corporations, and even the government pander to the lowest common denominator, American life becomes increasingly vicarious, prefabricated, and bereft of meaning. This book examines contemporary American consciousness, considering the factors that have driven society toward gossip and sensationalism at the cost of substance and depth.

Celebrity news, video games, cookie-cutter schools, and shopping, shopping, shopping. As...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0275976394

ISBN13:9780275976392

Release Date:May 2003

Publisher:Praeger

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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