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100 1 _aArden, John Boghosian,
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245 1 0 _aAmerica's meltdown :
_bthe lowest-common-denominator society /
_cJohn Boghosian Arden.
264 1 _aWestport, Conn. :
_bPraeger,
_c2003.
300 _avi, 234 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tThe Meltdown --
_g2.
_tCyberspaced --
_g3.
_tVicarious Living --
_g4.
_tInfotainment --
_g5.
_tRetail Government --
_g6.
_tLock and Load --
_g7.
_tThe Bottom of the Barrel --
_g8.
_tShopping and Dropping --
_g9.
_tMen and Women Are from Earth --
_g10.
_tHyped Sports --
_g11.
_tWaging the Soul --
_g12.
_tPunching the Clock --
_g13.
_tMcMedicine --
_g14.
_tShrink Wrap --
_g15.
_tDumbsizing the Schools --
_g16.
_tMall Art --
_g17.
_tThe Spiritual Supermarket --
_g18.
_tRebuilding the Future.
520 1 _a"This book examines contemporary American consciousness, considering the factors that have driven society toward gossip and sensationalism at the cost of substance and depth." "Arden discusses the growing epidemic of acrimony, superficiality, attention deficit disorder, and complaints of ennui. He targets the reasons why American children have expressed their confused rage with deadly weapons, why a president boasts that he earned C's in college, and why society has drifted into craving entertainment laced with violence and cheap thrills. The book is provocative reading for concerned citizens, as well as for scholars and researchers involved with contemporary American culture and society."--BOOK JACKET.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
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