When you buy a used copy YOU SAVE
1.15Kg of CO2
144 litre(s) of Water
0.0086 Tree(s)
1 book donated to global literacy projects
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
paperback
Published:
20 August, 2001
paperback
Published:
20 August, 2001
Standard worldwide delivery by
Fri, July 17 - Wed, July 22
Order within
0
Condition:
USED
$8.58
RRP
$18.24
You save $9.66 (53%)
Available
2
in stock
FREE Returns within 30 days
Popular Books by David Brooks
View All Books by David Brooks
Description
It used to be pretty easy to distinguish between the bourgeois world of capitalism and the bohemian counterculture. The bourgeois worked for corporations, wore grey, and went to church. The bohemians were the artists and intellectuals. Bohemians championed the values of the radical 1960's; bourgeois were the enterprising yuppies of the 1980's. Now the 'bo's' are all mixed up and it is impossible to tell an expresso sipping artist from a cappuccino-gulping banker. In attitudes toward sex, morality, leisure time and work, it is hard to separate the renegade from the company man. The new establishment has combined the countercultural sixties and the achieving eighties into one social ethos. These Bobos define our age. Their hybrid culture is the atmosphere we breathe, their status codes govern social life and their moral codes govern ethics and influence our politics. Our hybrid Bobo culture is going to be dominating society for a long time to come. Read all about it in this serious and witty essay on how we live now.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780684853789 |
| ISBN10 | 0684853787 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 68 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 20 x 213 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Simon & Schuster |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New edition |
See More +
Media Reviews
Janet Maslin The New York Times Delectable...a tartly amusing, all too accurate guide to the new establishment.
Chris Tucker The Dallas Morning News Thanks to Brooks, bobos will join preppies, yuppies, and angry white males in the American lexicon.
Emily Prager The Wall Street Journal Hilarious and enlightening.
Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post Perceptive and amusing. [Brooks] has identified the salient characteristics of this new elite, and he describes them with accuracy and wit.
Author's Bio
David Brooks is a senior editor at THE WEEKLY STANDARD and a contributing editor at NEWSWEEK. Formerly a reporter and editor at THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, he's had articles in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST and other publications.