The Lonely Crowd - Hardcover

Riesman, David; Glazer, Nathan; Denney, Reuel

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ISBN 10: 0300017677 ISBN 13: 9780300017670

Publisher: Doubleday, 1953

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The hypothesis of the Lonely Crowd is that there has been a change in the character of the American people that where one men whose character was "inner-directed"dominated our society, the tendency is now toward the dominance of the "other-directs" character. The inner-directed persons are those who internalize adult authority -the pioneers, the individualists, the other-directed persons are those whose character is formed chiefly by the example of their peers and contemporaries. The substance o the book is concerned with the confluence and consequences of these two types in contemporary American society.

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About the Author:

David Riesman is Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Nathan Glazer is emeritus professor of education and sociology structure at Harvard University. Reuel Denney was emeritus professor of English at the University of Hawaii. Todd Gitlin is professor of culture, journalism, and sociology at New York University and the author of The Sixties, The Twilight of Common Dreams, and two novels, most recently Sacrifice.

Review:

[P]ublished more than half a century ago...[Riesman's book] remains...the best-selling book by a professional sociologist in American history. -- Orlando Patterson, New York Times

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