Bobos in Paradise
The New Upper Class and How They Got There
Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · March 6, 2001
In this witty and bestselling look at the cultural consequences of the information age, 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A witty lens on an upper class that pairs capitalist enterprise with bohemian values.
- Themes
- Information-age culture, The contemporary upper class, Capitalist and bohemian values
- Genres
- Social Class, Pop Culture Studies, How Media Works
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In this witty and bestselling look at the cultural consequences of the information age, 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. 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?
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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.
Taste and Status
A witty lens on an upper class that pairs capitalist enterprise with bohemian values.
Come here for
- Sharp observations about status disguised as taste
- The curious marriage of market ambition and countercultural style
Expect
- Playful cultural commentary on the habits of a new upper class
- Everyday choices treated as clues to class identity
Where it sits
| Pop Culture Studies | 50% |
|---|---|
| Social Class | 44% |
| How Media Works | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pop Culture Studies
- Urban Life
- Social Class
- Authors
- David Brooks
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- March 6, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Information-age culture · The contemporary upper class · Capitalist and bohemian values
- Reading lane
- Pop Culture Studies