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.

The modern suburb is the product of the car, the five-day week, and the "bankers' hours" of the masses.

There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community

It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy.

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.

The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.