A nation of strangers Hardcover – January 1, 1972 by Vance Oakley Packard (Author)

 

A nation of strangers Hardcover – January 1, 1972

by Vance Oakley Packard (Author)

Vance Packard, one of our most incisive social commentators, in this book deals with an urgent problem: the mass uprooting and the fragmentation of our society, which is turning into a "nation of strangers". We are living in a continually changing environment, fast relinquishing a basic human need: a sense of community. Forty million Americans now lead feebly rooted lives. At least a fifth of all Americans move one or more times a year, and the pace is increasing. What new institutions is this rootlessness creating.? What is its impact on our values, our behavior, our emotional well-being?

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