ISBN:
9780691138558
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (297 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version American Mythos : Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short
DDC:
303.3720973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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, immigration, success, religion, and ethnicity--through the eyes of recent immigrants. In doing so, he demonstrates how the "American mythos" has both legitimized American society and prevented it from fully realizing its ideals. This magisterial work is a reflection and meditation on the national cons
Description / Table of Contents:
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;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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