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Index
Ackerman, Diane, 31–32
addicted organizations, 144
adulthood:
first, 136;
second, 130–31, 136, 139–40
advertisements:
American culture and, 91;
cult of, 90, 92;
goal of, 91–92;
industry, 91
advertising:
modern, 91;
money spent on, 92–93;
outdoor, 92;
sports events and, 107–108;
television, 92, 107–108
affluenza epidemic, 94, 96;
test for, 97–100
age:
old, 139;
perception of, 125, 126, 137–38, 141;
wisdom and, 137
aging:
American population, 13 2–3 3;
baby boomers (see baby boomers);
life stages of, 127–28, 139;
Medicare and, 133;
myths about, 134;
pension plans and, 134–35;
perceptions of, 125–26, 134, 137–38, 141;
retirement and, 126, 133–34, 135–36
( see also retirement);
second adulthood and, 130–31, 136, 139–40;
Social Security and, 126, 133, 134
airline industry, 49;
Sept. 11, 2001 and, 10
Allen, George, 106
American:
Automobile Association, 45;
culture, 91;
economy, 82;
production, 83
American Dream, 53, 82;
con- sumerism and, 91,94
American(s):
average work weeks per year of, 6, 16;
busyness of, 4,21;
consumer culture of, 85–89;
love of travel by, 49;
middle class, 51, 75;
play and, 49;
popular culture, 14;
Puritan heritage of, 49–50
vacations time taken by, 25
amusement, 36, 50
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