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The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character
The Lonely Crowd A Study of the Changing American Character Author:David Riesman et al. The hypothesis of The Lonely Crowd is that there has been a change in the character of the American people, that where once men whose character was "inner-directed" dominanted our society, the tendency is now toward the dominance of the "other-directed" character. The inner-directed persons are those who internalize adult authority--the pioneer... more »s, the individualists; the other-directed persons are those whose character is formed chiefly by the example of their peers and contemporaries. The substance of the book is concerned with the confluence and consequences of these two types in contemporary American society.« less