A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character
- ISBN-10
- 0312098820
- ISBN-13
- 9780312098827
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 289
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Charles J. Sykes
Description
A look at "victimism" in the United States criticizes the ways in which individuals define themselves by their status as victims--of parents, men, the workplace, stress, drugs, food, and physical characteristics
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