Hyperculture: The Human Cost of Speed

by Stephen Bertman

Book Overview

The rampant illnesses of our society--including the disintegration of the family, the degradation of the environment, unlimited commercialism, and unrelenting stress--are familiar to us all. For the first time, Stephen Bertman attempts to explain these disparate, overwhelmingly negative phenomena with a single, unifying principle: that the accelerated pace of American society is eroding the essence of our most fundamental values. In 1970, Alvin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275962059
• ISBN13: 9780275962050
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"