The future is not a fixed idea but a highly variable one that reflects the values of those who are imagining it. By studying the ways that visionaries imagined the future-partic...
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This book is a history of how television advertising rose to become a defining force in American culture in the two decades after World War II.
This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America—it also explains why we want to bel...
New York City 1964: A Cultural History is, as the title makes clear, a cultural history of New York City in the year 1964. The book focuses on five seminal events that occurred...
“Psychology has stepped down from the university chair into the marketplace” was how the New York Times put it in 1926. Another commentator in 1929 was more biting. Psychoanalys...
American history is ubiquitous, underscoring everything from food to travel to architecture and design. It is also emotionally charged, frequently crossing paths with political...
The notion of one day disappearing from the earth forever is contrary to many of America’s defining cultural values, with death and dying viewed as “un-American” experiences. Ar...
Freud on Madison Avenue
Lawrence R. Samuel · ISBN 9780812222265
Julkaistu 2013 Kieli englanti pokkari
What do consumers really want? In the mid-twentieth century, many marketing executives sought to answer this question by looking to the theories of Sigmund Freud and his followe...
Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities-arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade a...
Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive to...
Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America is a rallying call to make the United States a more equitable and just nation in terms of age. "Age friendliness" means being inclusive to...
Diversity in the United States
Lawrence R. Samuel · ISBN 9781032452395
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli englanti nidottu
Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as...
Diversity in the United States
Lawrence R. Samuel · ISBN 9781032452401
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli englanti sidottu
Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century is a cultural history of diversity in the United States over the past 100 years. Diversity—defined here as...
The American Bicentennial: A Cultural History
Lawrence R. Samuel · ISBN 9781429030434
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli englanti nidottu
Searching for the Spirit of '76With America's 250th founding anniversary upcoming, it is opportune to reflect upon the cultural impact and history of America's bicentennial cele...
Capitalizing on what is arguably the most important social phenomenon of our time and place—the aging of America—this book shows organizations how to market specifically to baby...
Sexidemic is the first real cultural history of sexuality in the United States since the end of World War II. For a people who supposedly love sex, the author argues, Americans...
American Fatherhood: A Cultural History traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. The book begins with an overview of fatherhood in A...
Tudor City: Manhattan's Historic Residential Enclave
Lawrence R. Samuel · ISBN 9781467143929
Julkaistu 2019 Kieli englanti nidottu
On the east side of Midtown Manhattan, next to the United Nations, sits the towering apartment complex Tudor City.An architectural masterpiece created by developer Fred F. Frenc...
The American writer--both real and fictitious, famous and obscure--has traditionally been situated on the margins of society, an outsider looking in. From The Great Gatsby's Nic...
? Widely considered the most complex of human emotions, romantic love both shapes and reflects core societal values, its expression offering a window into the cultural zeitgeist...