American Social Classes in the 1950s Selections from Vance Packard's the Status Seekers

Name: American Social Classes in the 1950s Selections from Vance Packard's the Status Seekers
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ISBN: 9780312111809

ISBN-10: 0312111800

ISBN-13: 9780312111809

Edition: 1995

Authors: Vance Packard, Daniel Horowitz

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This abridged edition of Vance Packard's 1959 "The Status Seekers" presents a picture of American society in the late 1950s that allows students to develop a more accurate and complex understanding of an often-caricatured era. Daniel Horowitz's introduction provides historical context, an assssment of the book's impact, and a discussion of its critical reception.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 1/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 215
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Daniel Horowitz, professor of American studies and history at Smith College, is author of The Morality of Spending: Attitudes Toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875-1940.



Foreword


Preface



Introduction: Social Criticism in An Age of Conformity and Anxiety



The Document


The Status Seekers


Appendices


The Status Seekers in Cartoons


The United States and Vance Packard from the 1940s to the 1960s: A Chronology of Political Events, Consumer Culture, and Social Criticism


Questions for Consideration


Selected Bibliography


Index