{"product_id":"money-and-class-in-america-by-lewis-lapham-9781944869892","title":"Money and Class in America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExtensively expanded and revised, with a new foreword by Thomas Frank\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the United States, happiness and wealth are often regarded as synonymous. Consumerism, greed, and the insatiable desire for more are American obsessions. In the native tradition of Twain, Veblen, and Mencken, the editor of \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e here examines our fascination with the ubiquitous green goddess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the wealthy sybarites of New York City, whom Lewis H. Lapham has been able to observe firsthand in their natural habitat, \u003ci\u003eMoney and Class in America\u003c\/i\u003e is a caustic, and often hilarious, portrait of a segment of the American population who, in the thirty years since the book was originally written, have become only further removed—both in terms of wealth and social awareness—from everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597132742892,"sku":"9781944869892","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781944869892-money-and-class-in-america.jpg?v=1777946707","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/money-and-class-in-america-by-lewis-lapham-9781944869892","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}