Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America
- ISBN-10
- 0195076761
- ISBN-13
- 9780195076769
- Category
- Social Science / Sociology / General
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Robert Hughes
Description
Criticizes Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jessie Helms, and Ronald Reagan, political correctness, academic obsessions with theory, the art world, American infrastructure, and other targets
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