Culture in an Age of Money: The Legacy of the 1980s in America

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Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Amusing, caustic and cleverly written....What makes Culture in an Age of Money fun to read is its refreshing candor. New York Times

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A stinging indictment of the Reagan era for its effects on both highbrow and popular culture...The targets are many and the attacks are proudly partisan. * The Progressive *
Curious and tantalizing...a benchmark not of the present but of history. -- Daniel Bell
Amusing, caustic, and cleverly written. -- Herbert Mitgang * The New York Times *

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Nicolaus Mills teaches literature at Sarah Lawrence College. Among his books are The New Journalism and The Great School Bus Controversy. He is at work on a book about the Mississippi Freedom Summer.