Poor Richard's Principle : : Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money /

Poor Richard's Principle : : Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money / / Robert Wuthnow.

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The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow--not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in te...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Wuthnow, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1998]
©1996
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction. THE QUESTION OF MORAL RESTRAINT
  • PART ONE. THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM
  • Chapter One. HAVING IT ALL-AND WANTING MORE: THE SOCIAL SYMPTOMS OF CULTURAL DISTRESS
  • Chapter Two. MAKING CHOICES: FROM SHORT-TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO PRINCIPLED LIVES
  • Chapter Three. MORAL TRADITION: THE LOST AMBIVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE
  • PART TWO. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL LIFE
  • Chapter Four. SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: THE DECOUPLING OF WORK AND MONEY
  • Chapter Five. ACCOUNTS: THE CHANGING MEANINGS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORK
  • Chapter Six. (NOT) TALKING ABOUT MONEY: THE SOCIAL SOURCES AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVIZATION
  • Chapter Seven. GETTING AND SPENDING: THE MAINTENANCE AND VIOLATION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES
  • Chapter Eight. THE WORKING CLASS: CHANGING CONDITIONS AND CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES
  • PART THREE. THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF HUMAN VALUES
  • Chapter Nine. FAMILY LIFE: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF BALANCING MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS
  • Chapter Ten. REDISCOVERING COMMUNITY: THE CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF CARING BEHAVIOR AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE
  • Chapter Eleven. THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUALITY: AMBIGUOUS VOICES FROM AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
  • PART FOUR. THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE
  • Chapter Twelve. MATERIALISM AND MORAL RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF ASCETIC AND EXPRESSIVE VALUES
  • Chapter Thirteen. THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORAL DISCOURSE: LIMITATIONS, ATHOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES
  • METHODOLOGY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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