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- catalog abstract "America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts. -- Back cover.".
- catalog alternative "Economic abundance and the American character".
- catalog contributor b861632.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "[1954]".
- catalog date "1954".
- catalog date "[1954]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1954]".
- catalog description "America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts. -- Back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction: history, the behavioral studies, and the science of man ---- Part I. The study of national character. 1. The historians and national character --- 2. The behavioral scientists and national character ---- Part II. Abundance and the shaping of American character. 3. The nature of American abundance --- 4. Abundance, mobility, and status --- 5. Democracy and abundance --- 6. Abundance and the mission of America --- 7. Abundance and the frontier hypothesis --- 8. The institution of abundance: Advertising --- 9. Abundance and the formation of character.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 217 p.".
- catalog isPartOf "Charles R. Walgreen Foundation lectures".
- catalog issued "1954".
- catalog issued "[1954]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Chicago] University of Chicago Press".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "917.3".
- catalog subject "E169.1 .P6".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: history, the behavioral studies, and the science of man ---- Part I. The study of national character. 1. The historians and national character --- 2. The behavioral scientists and national character ---- Part II. Abundance and the shaping of American character. 3. The nature of American abundance --- 4. Abundance, mobility, and status --- 5. Democracy and abundance --- 6. Abundance and the mission of America --- 7. Abundance and the frontier hypothesis --- 8. The institution of abundance: Advertising --- 9. Abundance and the formation of character.".
- catalog title "Economic abundance and the American character".
- catalog title "People of plenty; economic abundance and the American character.".
- catalog type "text".