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Something for Nothing: Luck in America

By Jackson Lears

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0142003875, 9780142003879, 9780786539765
Open Library ID
OL7360316M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2769677 bytes)
Pages
408\409
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Культурология;Культура стран и народов мира

Description

Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and disciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to the deep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through our entire history from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and, at times, defined our national character.

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