Cities, Nature and Human Well-being

Authors

John HadidianFollow

Abstract

William H. Whyte (1917-1999) may be best remembered as the author of The Organization Man. This 1956 bestseller described a corporate America in which, he argued, our esteemed sense of rugged individualism had been replaced by a softer ethos of conformity and “groupthink” (Whyte took this term from George Orwell). Amplified through other outlets such as the popular movie The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, the image of legions of corporate males complemented by their domestic female home builders came to define the America of the 1950s.

Recommended Citation

Hadidian, John (2022) "Cities, Nature and Human Well-being," WellBeing News: Vol. 4: Iss. 6, Article 3.
Available at: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/wbn/vol4/iss6/3