People of Plenty

People of Plenty
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9780226676319
ISBN-13 : 0226676315
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Book Synopsis People of Plenty by : David M. Potter

Download or read book People of Plenty written by David M. Potter and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty—a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts. "The rejection of hindsight, with the insistence on trying to see events from the point of view of the participants, was a governing theme with Potter. . . . This sounds like a truism. Watching him apply it however, is a revelation."—Walter Clemons, Newsweek "The best short book on national character I have seen . . . broadly based, closely reasoned, and lucidly written."—Karl W. Deutsch, Yale Review


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