Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
$49.81
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2001
Summary
In this witty and bestselling look at the cultural consequences of the information age, David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class—those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture.
Do you believe that spending \(15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending \)15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684853789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684853787 |
| Author: | David Brooks |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Jonathan YardleyThe Washington PostPerceptive and amusing. [Brooks] has identified the salient characteristics of this new elite, and he describes them with accuracy and wit.
Janet Maslin The New York Times Delectable…a tartly amusing, all too accurate guide to the new establishment.Chris Tucker The Dallas Morning News Thanks to Brooks, bobos will join preppies, yuppies, and angry white males in the American lexicon.Emily Prager The Wall Street Journal Hilarious and enlightening.Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post Perceptive and amusing. [Brooks] has identified the salient characteristics of this new elite, and he describes them with accuracy and wit.
About The Author
David Brooks
David Brooks writes a biweekly opinion column for The New York Times and appears regularly on PBS NewsHour and NPR’s All Things Considered. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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