Title: The United States of anger :
Authors: Esler, Gavin.
Date: 1997
Publisher: M. Joseph ;
Physical description: viii, 343 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: Pt. 1. American Dreams and the Anxious Economy -- 1. The Rules Have Changed -- 2. Freezing the American Dream -- 3. America's Fifty Years War -- 4. Working in the United States of Anxiety -- Pt. 2. The Angry Society -- 5. The Death of the American Hero and the Rise of the Culture of Victims -- 6. The Rule of Law and the Rule of Lawyers -- 7. America in Black, White and Green -- 8. Pity the Poor Immigrants -- 9. Snakes in Church -- 10. Guns, God, Gays and Gynaecology -- Pt. 3. Angry Politics -- 11. State of Apathy -- 12. The United States of Apathy -- 13. The Wilburns and the Oklahoma Bombing Conspiracy -- 14. Conspiracy Culture from Red Scare to Fed Scare -- 15. Bad News: Garbage In, Garbage Out -- 16. Why Americans Hate Washington -- Pt. 4. After Anger -- 17. Governor Zipper Problem and the United States of Anger -- 18. Postscript: After Anger.
Subject headings (LCSH): Anger.; National characteristics, American--Psychological aspects.; United States--Civilization--1970---Psychological aspects.