Bobos in Paradise : The New Upper Class and How They Got There (Paperback)

from lindap69

sad to see all of the thinkers and activists of the 60's that sold out to their new establishment so much of having it all rather than being it all

from Kplatypus

Yet another book about the American class system. This, as opposed to Class: a guide through the American Status System, is somewhat more up-to-date and less cranky. The author self-identifies as a...

from rameau

Or what happens when the soft relativist college students described in Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind graduate and start making real money. Many reviews at the time chastised Brooks...

from alyce413

A really interesting book on a shift in our economic and intellectual struture in America.

from heidilove

brooks claims to be looking at the bohemian bourgeoise [the first two letters of each creating the word bobo], but this is actually a clever deceit. a better and more accurate title would be How to...