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Film, Video America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation

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Title

  • America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation

Summary

  • In this examination of the arc of American history through the lens of compulsive behavior, Kendall shows how some of the nation's greatest achievements - from the Declaration of Independence to the invention of the iPhone - have roots in the disappointments and frustrations of early childhood. Starting with the obsessive natures of some of the Silicon Valley's titans, including Steve Jobs, Kendall moves on to profile seven iconic figures, such as founding father Thomas Jefferson, licentious librarian Melvil Dewey, condiment kingpin H.J. Heinz, slugger Ted Williams and cosmetics queen Estee Lauder, who was so obsessed with touching other women's faces that she transformed her compulsion into a multibillion-dollar corporation.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2013-07-11.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Education
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Literature
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  Joshua Kendall.
  • -  Recorded on 2013-07-11.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689165

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-11, 2013. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689165/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2013) America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-11. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689165/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-11, 2013. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689165/>.