Middle American Individualism: Political Participation and Liberal Democracy

by Herbert J. Gans

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Written by one America's most eminent sociologists, this book examines the lives and ideals of today's "middle Americans"--whom the more affluent and elite have long put down as an uncultured and unthinking mass--and finds in them the individualistic creed upon which democracy thrives. Neither narcissistic, like that of the "Me Generation" yuppie, nor materialistic, like that of the capitalist, their individualism is the simple desire for personal...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195072170

ISBN13:9780195072174

Release Date:September 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

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Geography Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Regional Social Sciences

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