The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950

The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950

by Avner Offer (Author)

Synopsis

A detailed, reasoned, and persuasive critique of modern consumer society in Britain and the United States since the Second World War, which powerfully questions the assumption that freedom of choice necessarily maximizes individual and social well-being.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 01 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 0199216622
ISBN 13: 9780199216628