The Lonely Crowd The Lonely Crowd A study of the changing American character by David Riesman with Nathan Glazer and Reuel Denney Abridged and revised edition with a foreword by Todd Gitlin First Published as a Yale Nota Bene book in 2001. First abridged edition copyright © 1961 by Yale University Press. Copyright © renewed 1989 by David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, and Reuel Denney. Foreword copyright © 2000 by Todd Gitlin. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: U.S. office