American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short
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Book Overview
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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:069112504X
ISBN13:9780691125046
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Important Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a very important read for those interested in American culture, American myth, and the construction of American identity. Wuthnow's use of immigrants is so key, because so much of the American mythos is invisible to Americans that simply blindly consume it, having less "formally" learned it.
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