The rise of selfishness in America

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.

subjects: History,  Selfishness,  Moral conditions,  Eigenbelang,  Conditions morales,  Égoïsme,  Eigennutz,  Histoire,  Ethik,  Sociale waarden,  Geschichte,  Intérêt personnel,  New York Times reviewed,  Self-interest,  United states, moral conditions

Places: United States

Times: 20th century