LEADER 00000cam  22000004a 4500 
001    ocm56214089 
003    OCoLC 
005    20051004000000.0 
008    040812t20052005nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010      2004018699 
016 7  101239958|2DNLM 
019    58843438 
020    0393059944|qhardcover 
035    (OCoLC)56214089 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dNLM|dBUR|dOCL|dBAKER|dIBS 
042    pcc 
043    n-us--- 
049    CKEA 
050 00 HN90.M6|bW55 2005 
060 00 2005 B-561 
060 10 HN 90.M6|bW629a 2005 
082 00 301/.0973|222 
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. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       ecip0421/2004018699.html 
856 41 |3Table of contents 
856 41 |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004018699.html 
938    Baker & Taylor|bBKTY|c24.95|d18.71|i0393059944|n0006009328
       |sactive 
994    90|bCKE