The rise of selfishness in America
By: James Lincoln Collier.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Selfishness -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century
Description: In this book James Collier asks how did America get from a sociable code to which self-restraint was a cardinal virtue to one in which self gratitude is a central idea and normal. A vibrant, sweeping analysis of the roots of American self-indulgence. This ringing, provocative jeremiad cuts a path through a haze of self-indulgent thought and action in the me first society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-295) and index.