American mythos why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic. In this new book, renowned sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines these most American of stories--narratives about individualism, immig...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
c2006.
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| Edition: | Course Book |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426422006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Deep culture and democratic renewal
- Quandaries of individualism
- The justice of privilege
- Self-made men and women
- In America, all religions are true
- Ethnic ties that bind (loosely)
- Saving ourselves from materialism
- Venues for reflective democracy.
