Keith Barry

) a definition of what we mean by American capitalist ideology

The work ethic:

Capitalism, the right of ownership, private enterprise, personal ini-tiative; the settling of the land.

. Marriage (legalized heterosexual monogamy) and family

Nature as the wilderness, the Indians, on whose subjugation civilization is built

Progress, technology, the city (

Success and wealth

The Rosebud syndrome

8. America as the land where everyone is or can be happy;

The ideal female: wife and mother, perfect companion, the end-lessly dependable mainstay of hearth and home