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Material Comfort

By: Leticia Carrasco

January 28, 2016

Making Life Easier & Pleasant

50s Material Comfort

Thesis Statement

"In the 50s technology was just starting to take off. A major technological update of the 50s was the invention of the Television.", Maxsons, T (2014)

Material comfort inlcudes not only good nutrition, medical care, and housing. Being able to have a nice car to go to places than rather walking.

We, "Americans" seem to enjoy material possessions that provide comfort as well as entertainment, activities, work, and our daily lives are centered on our beliefs in the comforts of life.

Why do Americans value material comfort?

Having High Expectations

Conclusion

References

"But by any standard, Americans are materialistic. This means that they value and collect more material objects than most people would ever dream of owning. It also means they give higher priority to obtaining, maintaining and protecting their material objects than they do in developing and enjoying interpersonal relationships." Kohls, R. L. (1984)

The modern American typically owns:

•one or more color television sets,

•an electric hair dryer,

•an electronic calculator,

•a tape recorder and a record player,

•a clothes-washer and dryer,

•a vacuum cleaner,

•a powered lawn mower (for cutting grass),

•a refrigerator, a stove, and a dishwasher,

•one or more automobiles,

•and a telephone. Many also own a personal computer.

Since Americans value newness and innovation, they sell or throw away their possessions frequently and replace them with newer ones. Americans are always going to value their material comfort.

Kohls, R. L. (1984). The Values Americans Live By. D.C., WA: The Washington International Center. Retrieved from HTTP://www1.cmc.edu/pages/faculty/alee/extra/American_values.html

Tatzel, M. (Ed.). (2014). Consumption and Well-Being in the Material World (p. 109). Nanuet, NY: Springer. Retrieved from

https://books.google.com/books?id=1IrHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=why+is+important+for+americans+to+have+material+comfort&source=bl&ots=Z6MMZ81UqA&sig=5RZIU6WoOKbSPDlgZo0SIJ-hX4o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ah

Maxsons, T. (2014). Sociology "The American Value System". Retrieved from http://teganmaxsonsociology.weebly.com/progress-and-material-comfort.html

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