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100 1 Whybrow, Peter C.
245 10 American mania :|bwhen more is not enough /|cPeter C.
Whybrow.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Co.,|c[2005]
264 4 |c©2005
300 xii, 338 pages ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-322) and
index.
505 0 Introduction : the manic society -- Adams Smith's American
dream : of desire and debt -- Curiosity and the promised
land : of origins and opportunism -- The freedom to strive
: of risk and reward -- America bubbles over : of
globalization and greed -- A growing burden : of appetite
and abundance -- The time trade : of clocks and
competition -- Dreams for sale : of culture and commerce -
- The roots of happiness : of compassion and community --
Finding balance in the age of the merchant : of self and
society.
520 In the world's most affluent nation, epidemic rates of
stress, anxiety, depression, obesity, and time urgency are
now grudgingly accepted as part of everyday existence.
Behavioral scientist Whybrow grounds the extraordinary
achievements and excessive consumption of the American
nation in an understanding of the biology of human craving
and the reward system of the brain--offering a
comprehensive explanation for the addictive mania of
consumerism. His analysis combines reflection on the roots
of American culture as a laissez-faire, competitive, free-
market economy with an exploration of the nation's migrant
temperament and its role in the creation of our ambitious,
restless society, to shed light on the dangerous misfit
between our consumer-driven culture and the brain systems
that evolved to deal with privation thousands of years
ago.--From publisher description.
650 0 Social values|zUnited States.
650 0 Wealth|xSocial aspects|zUnited States.
650 0 Consumption (Economics)|xHealth aspects|zUnited States.
650 0 Self-interest|zUnited States.
650 0 Social ethics|zUnited States.
650 0 Happiness.
650 0 National characteristics, American|xHistory.
650 12 Social Problems|xpsychology|zUnited States.
650 22 Manic-depressive illness|zUnited States.
650 22 Competition (Psychology)|zUnited States.
650 22 Cultural relativism.
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