{"product_id":"bobos-in-paradise-the-new-upper-class-and-how-they-got-there-paperback","title":"Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his bestselling work of \"comic sociology,\" David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, 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.Do 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Brooks writes a biweekly opinion column for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and appears regularly on PBS \u003ci\u003eNewsHour \u003c\/i\u003eand NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.44 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911943909600,"sku":"9780684853789","price":21.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/a2KkfghWOF9780684853789.webp?v=1781248626","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/bobos-in-paradise-the-new-upper-class-and-how-they-got-there-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}