American nightmares : : social problems in an anxious world / / Joel Best.
"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement--recent generations have been told th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, [2018] 2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (253 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Popular hazards or, how we insist similar social problems are different
- American nightmares or, why sociologists hate the American dream / written with David Schweingruber
- Evaluating predictions or, how to compare the Maya calendar, Social Security, and climate change
- Future talk or, how slippery slopes shape concern
- Memories as problems or, how to reconsider Confederate flags and other symbols of the past /written with Lawrence T. Nichols
- Economicization or, why economists get more respect than sociologists
- Afterword : the future of American nightmares.