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almafu_9958352369702883
Format:
1 online resource(xii,98p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. : Harvard University Press, 1951. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674865976
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Prologue: A résumé of our origins --
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Why We Went to Harvard: A study in motivations and habit --
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Bright College Years: Or what happened to us at Cambridge --
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Debits and Credits: Some observations on the values and drawbacks of a Harvard education --
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The Search for Jobs: Seventeen per cent of us are still dissatisfied --
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Progress under the Profit System: The median annual income of the class is today not quite
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Shall We Grow Old Gracefully? Six out of ten have assets for their old age --
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The Political Man: Though still predominantly Republican, we consider ourselves more liberal than we used to be; but our resistance to socialistic ideas and our dislike of the Soviet regime have grown --
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Our Religious Outlook: There is little habit in our churchgoing --
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Our Views on Current Trends in Education: We still exalt the liberal and humanist traditions --
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The Continuing Ties: I. Money contributions; social and professional relations; the outer limbo --
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The Continuing Ties: II. We find much to admire, a few things to deplore, in Harvard today --
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Our Position in American Society: We place ourselves in the Upper Middle Class --
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Men of Distinction – with Aberrations One in five is in a Who's Who; nearly as many have written books --
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The First Symptoms of Middle Age: Not yet ready for the wheelchair, we are beginning to retire from the strenuous life --
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The Uses of Leisure: Veblen would, have been confused --
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Pour la Patrie One man in three served with the Armed Forces --
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The Marital Condition: The divorce rate is high, but so is marital contentment --
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The Women We Married: The distaff view --
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The Pursuit of Happiness: It still eludes 15 per cent of us --
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Appendix About the survey and its validity.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674863293
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/harvard.9780674865976
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674865976
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674865976
