The lonely crowd; a study of the changing American character

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. Abridged ed. with a new foreword. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket. The lonely crowd; a study of the changing American character by Riesman, David Abridged ed. with a new foreword. Trade paperback. Yale University Press, New Haven (1961) Good. No dust jacket. 315 p. 21 cm. A Yale paperbound, Y-41.... 315 p. 21 cm. A Yale paperbound, Y-41.. The lonely crowd; a study of the changing American character by Riesman, David Abridged ed. with a new foreword. Trade paperback. Yale University Press, New Haven (1961) Good. No dust jacket. 315 p. 21 cm. A Yale paperbound, Y-41. The Lonely Crowd...remains not only the best‑ selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large. Orlando Patterson, New York Times Considered by many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the problems confronting the individual in twentieth‑ century America. Richard Sennett s new introduction illuminates the ways in which Riesman s analysis of a middle class obsessed with how others lived still resonates in the age of social media.