The rise of selfishness in America
History
ix, 308 pages ; 23 cm.
9780595351596, 059535159X
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The 18th-century debauch
The Victorian reaction
The rising city and the threat to the Victorian order
The new class system
The institutionalization of vice
The Victorians fight back
The new business of show business
The mechanization of entertainment
New thought, new art
Hedonism victorious
The death of Victorianism
Hard times
The surrender to the media
The incredible post-war prosperity
The triumph of selfishness
The end of morality
The institutionalization of selfishness
The media over all
The consequences of selfishness
Originally published in 1991 by Oxford University Press