{"product_id":"bobos-in-paradise-david-brooks-9780684853789","title":"Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn his bestselling work of \"comic sociology,\" David Brooks coins a new word, \u003ci\u003eBobo\u003c\/i\u003e, to describe today's upper class--those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684853787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684853789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2001 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/25\/2001 pg. 28","brand":"David Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050689949951,"sku":"9780684853789","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac6161bb-a04a-4acb-b781-15a69826880d.jpg?v=1685008678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bobos-in-paradise-david-brooks-9780684853789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}