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The ABCs of American Culture

Table of Contents

	Preface	i
	Note to non-professional cultural researchers	iii
	Acknowledgements	iv
	Introduction: The Ten Commandments of American Culture	1
	Chapter One: American Cultural Values

Three primary goals	5
Ways to achieve all three goals at once	16
Essentials for achieving any goal	20

Chapter Two: The American View of Human Beings and Society

Human beings	25
Social relationships and structures	29

Chapter Three: The American Outlook on Life in General

Time and efficiency	41
Change and progress	43
Optimism	45
Unseen powers; destiny	46

	Conclusion	49
	Reading List	51
	Alphabetical List of Proverbs Quoted	53

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