Benjamin DeMott (1924–2005)
Autor von The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Class
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Benjamin DeMott is one of America's leading social & cultural critics. He has been awarded two Guggenheim fellowships & is the author of thirteen books. The Mellon Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Amherst College, he has been a visiting professor of American studies at Yale & MIT & holds a Ph.D. mehr anzeigen in English from Harvard. He contributes frequently to the "New York Review of Books," "Harper's Magazine," & other periodicals. He has residences in Worthington, Massachusetts & Anna Maria, Florida. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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If one is not well versed in the politics and culture of the 1980s this book will be a little difficult to understand; nevertheless, the parallels that could be drawn with circumstances 20+ years later are quite telling. This is a subject that is still ignored at our peril. A helpful reminder that despite the myth there are classes in America, people are treated differently on the basis of class, and societal challenges will not be adequately addressed without some kind of understanding of and sensitivity to class differences and attitudes.… (mehr)