TY - BOOK AU - Wuthnow,Robert TI - Poor Richard's principle: recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money SN - 0691028923 (cl : alk. paper) AV - HN90.M6 W87 1996 U1 - 306/.0973 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Work KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - United States KW - Money KW - Business ethics KW - Social values KW - Work and family KW - Sociale waarden KW - gtt KW - Materialisme KW - Geld KW - Arbeid KW - Economische ethiek KW - Travail KW - Aspect moral KW - États-Unis KW - Monnaie KW - Morale des affaires KW - Valeurs sociales KW - Travail et famille KW - Wertkrise KW - swd KW - Ethik KW - Wirtschaftsethik KW - Moral conditions KW - Conditions morales KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-426) and index; Introduction: The Question of Moral Restraint -- Ch. 1. Having It All - and Wanting More: The Social Symptoms of Cultural Distress -- Ch. 2. Making Choices: From Short-Term Adjustments to Principled Lives -- Ch. 3. Moral Tradition: The Lost Ambivalence in American Culture -- Ch. 4. Shifting Perspectives: The Decoupling of Work and Money -- Ch. 5. Accounts: The Changing Meanings of White-Collar Work -- Ch. 6. (Not) Talking about Money: The Social Sources and Personal Consequences of Subjectivization -- Ch. 7. Getting and Spending: The Maintenance and Violation of Symbolic Boundaries -- Ch. 8. The Working Class: Changing Conditions and Converging Perspectives -- Ch. 9. Family LIfe: The New Challenges of Balancing Multiple Commitments -- Ch. 10. Rediscovering Community: The Cultural Potential of Caring Behavior and Voluntary Service -- Ch. 11. The Quest for Spirituality: Ambiguous Voices from America's Religious Communities N2 - The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow - not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values. Nowadays, we are working harder than ever, and yet many of us feel that we are not realizing our higher aspirations as individuals or as a people. Here Wuthnow examines the struggles in which American families are now engaged as they try to balance work and family, confront the pressures of consumerism, and find meaning in their careers. He suggests that we can find economic instruction and inspiration in the nation's past - in such figures as Benjamin Franklin, for instance, who was at once the prudent Poor Richard, the engaged public person, and the enthusiastic lover of life UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/96006799.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/96006799.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/poorrichardsprin00wuth UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL970105M ER -