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People of Plenty
Economic Abundance and the American Character
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1954
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The classic analysis of American character and the importance of abundance--a book Ezra Klein calls “brilliant.”
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty—a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts.
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty—a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts.
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David M. Potter (1910-1971) was a professor of history at Yale University and, at the time of his death, Coe Professor of American History at Stanford University.
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"The rejection of hindsight, with the insistence on trying to see events from the point of view of the participants, was a governing theme with Potter. . . . This sounds like a truism. Watching him apply it however, is a revelation."
— Newsweek"The best short book on national character I have seen . . . broadly based, closely reasoned, and lucidly written."
— Yale Review"Brilliant."
— Ezra Klein, AbundanceTopics
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Introduction: History, the Behaviorial Studies, and the Science of Man
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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
xxv - PART I. THE STUDY OF NATIONAL CHARACTER
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I. The Historians and National Character
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II. The Behavioral Scientists and National Character
32 - PART II. ABUNDANCE AND THE SHAPING OF AMERICAN CHARACTER
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111troduction to Part II
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III. The Nature of American Abundance
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IV. Abundance, Mobility, and Statlls
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V. Democracy and Abundance
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VI. Abundance and the Mission of America
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VII. Abundance and the Frontier Hypothesis
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VIII. The Institution of Abundance: Advertising
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IX. Abundance and the Formation of Character
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Index
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December 2, 2019
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9780226676319
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
