People of plenty: economic abundance and the American character 9780226676333, 9780226676326, 9780226676319


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Table of contents :
Frontmatter (page N/A)
Part I The Study of National Character (page 1)
Chapter I The Historians and National Character (page 3)
Chapter II The Behavioral Scientists and National Character (page 32)
Part II Abundance and the Shaping of American Character (page 73)
Chapter III The Nature of American Abundance (page 78)
Chapter IV Abundance, Mobility, and Status (page 91)
Chapter V Democracy and Abundance (page 111)
Chapter VI Abundance and the Mission of America (page 128)
Chapter VII Abundance and the Frontier Hypothesis (page 142)
Chapter VIII The Institution of Abundance: Advertising (page 166)
Chapter IX Abundance and the Formation of Character (page 189)
Index (page 209)
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