Core values in American life : living with contradictions / Arthur G. Neal and Helen Youngelson-Neal.

What values do Americans hold dear? What happens when real-world situations cause those values to conflict? To better understand the intellectual map of how American society works, Arthur G. Neal and Helen Youngelson-Neal analyze values prominent in American word and deed. These values appear in our...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Neal, Arthur G.
Other Authors: Youngelson-Neal, Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction and Orientation
  • 2 Individualism
  • 3 The Pursuit of Happiness
  • 4 Freedom
  • 5 Having a Good Marriage
  • 6 Consumerism
  • 7 Materialism
  • 8 Equality of Opportunity
  • 9 Technology
  • 10 Mastery of the Environment
  • 11 National Unity
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index