Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

In the United States, wealth means happiness; consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more is an American obsession. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, Harper's Magazine editor-in-chief, Lewis Lapham, skewers our fascination with the green goddess.

Witty, outrageous, outspoken, and irreverent, Lapham observes the nation's real pastime with priceless acumen, in a fascinating book that will leave you thinking, talking, and taking sides.

• Author
• Lewis H. Lapham

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 311

• Publisher
• Ballantine Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780345358714

• Genres
• sociology, economics, american, anthropology

• Release date
• 1989