Entertaining Entrepreneurs : Reality TV's Shark Tank and the American Dream in Uncertain Times /

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"In 2007, with the advent of the Great Recession, tens of millions of Americans faced challenges that threatened their economic and psychological well-being. Central to this recession were the threats to the nexus between family and work, with many forces hollowing out the middle class and grea...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horowitz, Daniel, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Shark tank (Television program)
Reality television programs > United States.
American Dream.
Entrepreneurship > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The Apprentice: Mark Burnett and the American Dream -- School of sharks -- The artifice of perfectly pitched dramas -- A world full of pitches -- Sharks everywhere -- Outside the tank -- Enterprising organizations -- Conflicting visions of entrepreneurship -- American dreams, American nightmares 
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