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The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
The Challenge of Affluence SelfControl and WellBeing in the United States and Britain since 1950
Author: Avner Offer
Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have come to enjoy an era of rising material abundance. Yet this has been accompanied by a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, addiction, mental instability, crime, obesity, inequality, economic insecurity, and declining trust. — Avner Offer argues that well-being has lagged be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199216628
ISBN-10: 0199216622
Publication Date: 12/20/2007
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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