{"product_id":"money-and-class-in-america-paperback","title":"Money and Class in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis H. Lapham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more are American obsessions. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, the editor of \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e here examines our fascination with the ubiquitous green goddess.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on the wealthy sybarites of New York City, whom Lewis H. Lapham has been able to observe firsthand in their natural habitat, \u003ci\u003eMoney and Class in America\u003c\/i\u003e is a caustic, and often hilarious, portrait of a segment of the American population who, in the thirty years since the book was originally written, have become only further removed--both in terms of wealth and social awareness--from everyone else. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEWIS H. LAPHAM\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding Editor of \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor emeritus of \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. His columns received the National Magazine Award in 1995 for exhibiting \"an exhilarating point of view in an age of conformity,\" and, in 2002, the Thomas Paine Journalism Award. He was inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame in 2007. His other books include \u003ci\u003eFortune's Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperial Masquerade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wish for Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheater of War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Agony of Mammon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGag Rule\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretensions to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Folly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52756661928243,"sku":"9781944869892","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N281SURaWWZZdlBRc3lTbUhUeUNrZz09.webp?v=1764403072","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/money-and-class-in-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}