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Trends in modern American society / by John M. Blum ... [and others] ; edited, with a preface, by Clarence Morris.
LIBRA E169.1 .T74 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Benjamin Franklin lectures of the University of Pennsylvania ; 7th ser.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- American culture is in a state of transition. What is the nature of this change? To what degree is it desirable? What are its implications? It is to these questions in relation to various aspects of our culture that eight distinguished scholars here address themselves.
- Contents:
- Exegesis of the gospel of work / by John M. Blum
- The strategy of peaceful competition / by John K. Galbraith
- Culture and mental health / by Alexander H. Leighton
- The impact of the natural sciences upon natural selection / by Jonathan E. Rhoads
- Problems facing architecture / by Eero Saarinen
- The politics of the new collectivism / by David B. Truman
- Religious issues in twentieth-century culture / by Daniel D. Williams
- Literary possibilities of the next decade / by Richard W.B. Lewis.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962.
- Includes bibliographies.
- ISBN:
- 0313221065
- OCLC:
- 14188083
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