Author: T. J. JACKSON LEARS
Title: Something for Nothing
Description: Penguin Books, 2004. Paperback. Pp: 392. Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and disciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to the deep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through our entire history from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and, at times, defined our national character. ISBN: 9780142003879. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: Something for Nothing
Description: Penguin Books, 2004. Paperback. Pp: 392. Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and disciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to the deep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through our entire history from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shaped and, at times, defined our national character. ISBN: 9780142003879. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780142003879
Price: EUR 7.50 = appr. US$ 8.15 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1941262
- Book number: 1941262
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