The Culture Consumers Author:Alvin Toffler One of the most startling changes in American life since the end of World War II has been the rise of the culture consumer. Orchestras, theaters, ballet companies and art galleries all report record-breaking turnouts in recent years. This “culture boom” has been both hailed as a renaissance and denounced as a fraud. Here for the first time is a ... more »careful, colorful explanation of its causes and meaning. The author paints a close-up portrait of the American as art lover and as culture consumer. He describes how art is invading the executive suite, how culture on the campus is becoming a major industry, and how a little-understood artistic-political revolution is destroying the old culture elite. Above all, he clarifies the new function of the arts in an affluent society.« less