Book Reviews

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Abstract Ourselves, Our Values: James Lincoln Collier. The Rise of Selfishness in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. 308 pages. $24.95 hardback. Ourselves, Our Values: Kenneth J. Gergen. The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life. New York: Basic Books, 1991. 295 pages. $24.95 hardback. Ourselves, Our Values: Mary Ann Glendon. Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse. New York: The Free Press, 1991. 218 pages. $22.95 hardback. Ourselves, Our Values: Paul Leinberger and Bruce Tucker. The New Individualist: The Generation after the Organization Man. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. 454 pages. $24.95 hardback. The Schools Mess: Chester E. Finn, Jr. We Must Take Charge: Our Schools and Our Future. New York: Macmillan, 1991. 365 pages. $22.95 hardback. The Schools Mess: Dennis P. Doyle, Bruce S. Cooper, and Robert Trachtman. Taking Charge: State Action on School Reform in the 80's. Indianapolis, Indiana: Hudson Institute, 1991. 150 pages. $15.00 paperback. The Schools Mess: Jonathan Kozol. Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. New York: Crown Publishers, 1991. 250 pages. $20.00 hardback. The Schools Mess: Jane M. Healy. Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. 382 pages. $11.00 paperback.