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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
David Brooks
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Description for Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Paperback. In this witty report, Brooks identifies the Bobos, bourgeois bohemians, the new strivers whose culture, tastes and attitudes have replaced the older elite by melding into the bohemians. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780684853789
SKU
V9780684853789
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About David Brooks
David Brooks writes a biweekly Op-Ed column for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's All Things Considered. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
Reviews for Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
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 ... Read more