| Description |
xvii, 386 pages ; 24 cm |
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Studies in national policy, 3 |
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Studies in national policy ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Some types of character and society -- From morality to morale: changes in the agents of character formation -- A jury of their peers: changes in the agents of character formation -- Storytellers as tutors in technique: changes in the agents of character formation -- The inner-directed round of life -- The other-directed round of life: from invisible hand to glad hand -- The other-directed round of life: the night shift -- Recognizing the political -- Tradition-directed, inner-directed, and other-directed political styles: indifferents, moralizers, inside-dopesters -- Political persuasions: indignation and tolerance -- Images of power -- The conversation of the classes, and other dialogues -- Americans and Kwakiutls -- Adjustment or autonomy? -- False personalization: obstacles to autonomy in work -- Enforced privatization: obstacles to autonomy in play -- The problem of competence: obstacles to autonomy in play -- Autonomy and utopia. |
| Summary |
This classic work analyzes the "new middle class" in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character, showing one understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society. |
| Subject |
National characteristics, American.
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Ethnopsychology -- United States.
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Cultural Characteristics. (DNLM)D003466
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Ethnopsychology. (DNLM)D005008
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Ethnopsychology. (OCoLC)fst00916198
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National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Cultuurverandering.
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| Indexed Term |
bewustzijn (consciousness) |
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consciousness |
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groepsgedrag |
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group behaviour |
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groepen |
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groups |
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VS |
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USA |
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Sociology (General) |
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Sociologie (algemeen) |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Riesman, David, 1909-2002. Lonely crowd. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1950 (OCoLC)560633788 |
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Online version: Riesman, David, 1909-2002. Lonely crowd. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1950 (OCoLC)609186511 |
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