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Bobos in Paradise - by David Brooks (Paperback)

Name: Bobos in Paradise - by David Brooks (Paperback)
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SKU: 76982016
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In his bestselling work of "comic sociology," David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today's upper class--those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture.
About the Author: David Brooks writes a biweekly opinion column for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour and NPR's All Things Considered.
288 Pages
Social Science, Sociology

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About the Book

Once it was easy to distinguish the staid Bourgeois from the radical Bohemians. This field study of America's latest elite--a hybrid Brooks calls the Bobos--covers everything from cultural artifacts to Bobo attitudes towards sex, morality, work, and leisure.

Book Synopsis

In his bestselling work of "comic sociology," David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today's upper class--those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation.Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.

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Janet Maslin The New York Times Delectable...a tartly amusing, all too accurate guide to the new establishment.

About the Author

David Brooks writes a biweekly opinion column for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour and NPR's All Things Considered. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.44 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: .6 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Sociology

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Theme: Urban

Format: Paperback

Author: David Brooks

Language: English

Street Date: March 6, 2001

TCIN: 76982016

UPC: 9780684853789

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-4948

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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