Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State

by Bruce Robbins

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We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691049874

ISBN13:9780691049878

Release Date:July 2007

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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