Our society offers little in the way of reeducation for those who have been torn away from their traditional culture and suddenly exposed to all the blandishments of mass culture-even the churches which follow the hillbillies to the city often make use of the same "hard sell" that the advertisers and politicians do.
David RiesmanEtiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.
David RiesmanMen are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
David RiesmanDrivers in a traffic jam, frustrated by each others presence, are not the most amiable of men.
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