American Virtues and Cultural Values from the 1820's to 1990's: Virtuous Materialism

Adams advertising Alexis de Tocqueville Allan Bloom American culture argues autonomy became become Catholic Catholicism Christian Christopher Lasch Church competition concept conformity consumption contemporary Daniel Yankelovich David Riesman democracy democratic desires divorce economic emotional equality ethical evil fear feeling feminists freedom fundamentalists Henry Adams Henry Steele Commager human idea individualism inner-directed intellectual Jesuit John Jules Henry language Lasch Laurence Shames liberation living marriage mass media moral moral universe Mormon narcissism narcissistic nation norms one's opinion other-directed parents pecuniary philosophy peer group percent pleasure political popular pragmatism President production Protestants psychological quoted in ibid reality relationships religion religious Riesman Robert Bellah Ronald Reagan seek self-fulfillment sense sexual sincerity social society success teacher therapeutic thought Tocqueville Tocqueville's tolerance traditional University values virtue virtuous materialism William women Yankelovich York young