Horowitz, The Anxieties Of Affluence - Critiques Of American Consumer Culture 1939-1979

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  • Ron Briley Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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https://doi.org/10.33043/TH.30.2.108-109

Abstract

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 , President George W. Bush encouraged Americans to demonstrate their patriotism by consuming and supporting the national economy. As a leader not known for self-reflection, Bush was apparently unaware of the anxieties regarding affluence expressed by American intellectuals. The post World War II prosperity experienced by many Americans evoked dreams of a democratic capitalism as well as nightmare visions of a shallow mass culture based on materialism. These ambiguities were lost upon President Bush.

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2005-09-01

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Briley, Ron. 2005. “Horowitz, The Anxieties Of Affluence - Critiques Of American Consumer Culture 1939-1979”. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 30 (2):108-9. https://doi.org/10.33043/TH.30.2.108-109.

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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2005)

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Copyright (c) 2005 Ron Briley

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