Aimed at students and lecturers in European social and economic history, this collection of essays outlines the place of the German bourgeoisie in the history, politics and economics of the country from the late 18th to the early 20th century.
Aimed at students and lecturers in European social and economic history, this collection of essays outlines the place of the German bourgeoisie in the history, politics and economics of the country from the late 18th to the early 20th century.
"Wiebe sees the Progressive era of Theordore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as a search for organizing principles around which a viable social order could be constructed in a new, largely impersonal world."--Back cover
"Wiebe sees the Progressive era of Theordore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as a search for organizing principles around which a viable social order could be constructed in a new, largely impersonal world."--Back cover
An analysis of the professional middle class from the liberal elite of the 1960s to the yuppies of the 1980s and the amount of power and influence they wield over the American culture.
An analysis of the professional middle class from the liberal elite of the 1960s to the yuppies of the 1980s and the amount of power and influence they wield over the American culture.
Absorbing and incisive, Land of Desire tells the story of a fundamental transformation in the culture and economy of America - the rise of mass-market consumerism and the attendant shift to a society "preoccupied with consumption, with comfort and bodily well-being, with luxury,…