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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aWuthnow, Robert _eautore
245	1	0	_aPoor Richard's Principle : _bRecovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money / _cRobert Wuthnow.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[1998]
264		4	_c©1996
300			_a1 online resource (448 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tIntroduction. THE QUESTION OF MORAL RESTRAINT -- _tPART ONE. THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM -- _tChapter One. HAVING IT ALL-AND WANTING MORE: THE SOCIAL SYMPTOMS OF CULTURAL DISTRESS -- _tChapter Two. MAKING CHOICES: FROM SHORT-TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO PRINCIPLED LIVES -- _tChapter Three. MORAL TRADITION: THE LOST AMBIVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE -- _tPART TWO. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL LIFE -- _tChapter Four. SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: THE DECOUPLING OF WORK AND MONEY -- _tChapter Five. ACCOUNTS: THE CHANGING MEANINGS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORK -- _tChapter Six. (NOT) TALKING ABOUT MONEY: THE SOCIAL SOURCES AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVIZATION -- _tChapter Seven. GETTING AND SPENDING: THE MAINTENANCE AND VIOLATION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES -- _tChapter Eight. THE WORKING CLASS: CHANGING CONDITIONS AND CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES -- _tPART THREE. THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF HUMAN VALUES -- _tChapter Nine. FAMILY LIFE: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF BALANCING MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS -- _tChapter Ten. REDISCOVERING COMMUNITY: THE CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF CARING BEHAVIOR AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE -- _tChapter Eleven. THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUALITY: AMBIGUOUS VOICES FROM AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- _tPART FOUR. THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE -- _tChapter Twelve. MATERIALISM AND MORAL RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF ASCETIC AND EXPRESSIVE VALUES -- _tChapter Thirteen. THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORAL DISCOURSE: LIMITATIONS, ATHOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES -- _tMETHODOLOGY -- _tNOTES -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThe American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow--not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values. Nowadays, we are working harder than ever, and yet many of us feel that we are not realizing our higher aspirations as individuals or as a people. Here Wuthnow examines the struggles in which American families are now engaged as they try to balance work and family, confront the pressures of consumerism, and find meaning in their careers. He suggests that we can find economic instruction and inspiration in the nation's past--in such figures as Benjamin Franklin, for instance, who was at once the prudent Poor Richard, the engaged public person, and the enthusiastic lover of life. Drawing on first-hand accounts from scores of people in all walks of life and from a national survey, the book shows that work and money cannot be understood in terms of economic theories alone, but are inevitably rooted in our concepts of ourselves and in the symbolic rituals and taboos of everyday life. By examining these implicit cultural understandings of work and money, the book provides a foundation for bringing moral reasoning more fully to bear on economic decisions. It re-examines the moral arguments that were prominent earlier in our history, shows how these arguments were set aside with the development of economistic thinking, and suggests their continuing relevance in the lives of people who have effectively resisted the pressures of greater financial commitments. Demonstrating that most Americans do bring values implicitly to bear on their economic decisions, the book shows how some people are learning to do this more effectively and, in the process, gain greater control over their work and finances. At a time when policymakers are raising questions about the very survival of the American dream, Poor Richard's Principle offers an analysis of how moral restraint can once again play a more prominent role in guiding our thinking.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aBusiness ethics _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMoney _xMoral and ethical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial values _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWork _xMoral and ethical aspects _zUnited States.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. _2bisacsh
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