Lane, Robert Edwards.

After the end of history : the curious fate of American materialism / Robert E. Lane. - Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, c2005. - xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-225).

Spanakopita one: Prologue -- Spanakopita two: What should we be doing? -- Spanakopita three: What's wrong with materialism? -- Spanakopita four: Humanism: the value of persons -- Spanakopita five: The humanist-materialist axis -- Spanakopita six: Diminishing returns to happiness -- Spanakopita seven: Better people -- Spanakopita eight: Getting rich the right way -- Spanakopita nine: After the end of history.

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Quality of life--United States.
Materialism--United States.
Interpersonal relations--United States.
Contentment.
Humanistic ethics.

HN60 / .L36 2005

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