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9780252060434 Academic Inspection Copy

The American Myth of Success

From Horatio Alger to Norman Vincent Peale
  • ISBN-13: 9780252060434
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Richard Weiss
  • Price: AUD $49.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/1988
  • Format: Paperback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
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''A rich and rewarding book, one that has stood up well under the test of time, and one that still provides readers with significant insights.''-David Herbert Donald, author of Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe ''An exceptionally perceptive history of the cult of striving and success in American culture written with great clarity, and with a keen sense of the social and intellectual currents of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.''-Joseph Boskin, author of Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester
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