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Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream

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Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream

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'From the beginning, Hefner's personal experiences provided the stuff of his public career. The private man relentlessly pursued his dream of 'personal, political, and economic freedom' and viewed his pursuit of fun not as immature, something critics often charged, but as a happy embodiment of childhood optimism in a cynical world. He challenged traditional institutions such as marriage, the family, and religion because he had experienced them as impediments, not aids, to individual happiness. In Hefner's calculus, the crucial component was individual desire, not social expectation. He saw his own life as demonstrating that 'you don't have to live by somebody else's rules' - from "Mr. Playboy".

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.Introduction: The Boy Next Door.Chapter One: A Boy at Play.Chapter Two: Boot Camp, College, and Kinsey.Chapter Three: The Tie That Binds.Chapter Four: How to Win Friends and Titillate People.Chapter Five: Hedonism, Inc.Chapter Six: The Pursuit of Happiness.Chapter Seven: An Abundant Life.Chapter Eight: Living the Fantasy.Chapter Nine: The Philosopher King.Chapter Ten: The Happiness Explosion.Chapter Eleven: Make Love, Not War.Chapter Twelve: What Do Women Want?Chapter Thirteen: Down the Rabbit Hole.Chapter Fourteen: Disneyland for Adults.Chapter Fifteen: A Hutch Divided.Chapter Sixteen: The Dark Decade.Chapter Seventeen: The Party's Over.Chapter Eighteen: Strange Bedfellows.Chapter Nineteen: The Bride Wore Clothes.Chapter Twenty: All in the Family.Chapter Twenty-One: Back in the Game.Epilogue: Playboy Nation.

Author Biography

STEVEN WATTS is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of four books, including The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century and The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life.

Author Biography:

STEVEN WATTS is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of four books, including The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century and The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life.
Release date Australia
October 3rd, 2008
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Pages
544
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
168x244x45
ISBN-13
9780471690597
Product ID
2687362

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