State of the Masses

Originally published in 1986, this prescient study evaluate the views of social critics, neo-conservatives, neo-Marxists, post-industrialists, and the theorists of the little man, who puport to describe the nature, social conditions, outlooks, and motivations of the American populace

James Wright

PREFACE, 1 CLAIMING THE MASSES: SOME CONFLICTING PORTRAITS, 2 THE QUESTION OF EVIDENCE, 3 THE PERSISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL GOALS AND CONCERNS, 4 THE COMMUNALTIES, 5 SOURCES OF DISCONTENT, 6 WORK: SATISFACTIONS AND DISCONTENTS, 7 INCOME: THE INSTRUMENTAL CONCERN, 8 THE LARGER CONCERNS, 9 STABILITY AND CHANGE: ILLUSIONS AND REALITIES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NAME INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX