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Crazy Like Us

The Globalization of the American Psyche

Ethan Watters

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English
Free Press
22 March 2011
The most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture across the globe has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters, but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself. American-style depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia
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Imprint:   Free Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 211mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9781416587095
ISBN 10:   1416587098
Pages:   307
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ethan Watters is the author of Urban Tribes, an examination of the mores of the never-marrieds, and the coauthor of Making Monsters, a groundbreaking indictment of the recovered memory movement. A frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Discover, Men's Journal, Wired, and This American Life, he lives in San Francisco with his wife and children.

Reviews for Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

A devastating account of America's psychological adventures abroad. The stories Watters tells will move you, surprise you, and occasionally infuriate you, and they will change the way you think about culture, human nature, and the mind. -- Paul Tough, author of Whatever it Takes


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