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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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Autor principal: Wuthnow, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social values.
Social ethics.
Moral conditions.
Immigrants.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis.
Immigrants > United States.
Social ethics > United States.
Social values > United States.
United States.
United States > Moral conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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