1st Edition

Core Values in American Life Living with Contradictions

By Arthur G. Neal Copyright 2014
191 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

191 Pages
by Routledge

What values do Americans hold dear? What happens when real-world situations cause those values to conflict? To better understand the intellectual map of how American society works, Arthur G. Neal and Helen Youngelson-Neal analyze values prominent in American word and deed. These values appear in our nation's formal documents rights and privileges prominently emphasized in the US Constitution and... Read more
1 Introduction and Orientation 2 Individualism 3 The Pursuit of Happiness 4 Freedom 5 Having a Good Marriage 6 Consumerism 7 Materialism 8 Equality of Opportunity 9 Technology 10 Mastery of the Environment 11 National Unity Author Index Subject Index

Biography

Arthur Neal