The Lonely Crowd By Riesman David Glazer Nathan Denney Reuel Gitlin Todd FRW by David Riesman

A study of 20th century American society Its now classic analysis of the new middle class in terms of inner directed and other directed social character opened new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological political and economic problems that confront the individual in society The Lonely Crowd is considered by many to be the most influential book of the twentieth century Its now classic analysis of the new middle class in terms of inner directed and other directed social character opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological political and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society The 1969 abridged and revised edition of the book is now reissued with a new foreword by Todd Gitlin that explains why the book is still relevant to our own era As accessible as it is acute The Lonely Crowd is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to understand American society After half a century this book has lost none of its capacity to make sense of how we live Todd Gitlin Praise for the earlier editions One of the most penetrating and comprehensive views of the twentieth century urban American you re likely to find Commonweal Brilliant and original Arthur M Schlesinger Jr