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Something for Nothing: Luck in America

  • 作者 Jackson Lears著
  • 出版社 Penguin
  • 出版时间 2004年7月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780142003879
  • 定价 122.00

内容简介

JacksonLearshaswonaccoladesforhisskillinidentifyingtherichandunexpectedlayersofmeaningbeneaththefamiliarandmundaneinourlives.Now,hechallengestheconventionalwisdomthattheProtestantethicofperseverance,industry,anddisciplinedachievementiswhatmadeAmericagreat.Turningtothedeep,seldomacknowledgedreverenceforluckthatrunsthroughourentirehistoryfromcolonialtimestotheearlytwenty-firstcentury,Learstraceshowluck,chance,andgamblinghaveshapedand,attimes,definedournationalcharacter.

作者简介

JacksonLearsistheauthorofseveralbooks,includingFablesofAbundance,winneroftheLosAngelesTimesBookPrizeforhistory.EditorofthedistinguishedjournalRaritan,heisaBoardofGovernorsProfessorofHistoryatRutgersandwritesfrequentlyfortheNewRepublic,Nation,andothermagazines.

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