American mythos : why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Social values > United States.
Social ethics > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Immigrants
Moral conditions
Social ethics
Social values
United States > Moral conditions.
United States
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