American Mythos : : Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short /

American Mythos : : Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short / / Robert Wuthnow.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Wuthnow, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Deep Culture and Democratic Renewal
  • Chapter 2. Quandaries of Individualism
  • Chapter 3. The Justice of Privilege
  • Chapter 4. Self-Made Men and Women
  • Chapter 5. In America, All Religions are True
  • Chapter 6. Ethnic Ties That Bind (Loosely)
  • Chapter 7. Saving Ourselves From Materialism
  • Chapter 8. Venues For Reflective Democracy
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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