Something for Nothing : Luck in America
Something for Nothing : Luck in America
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Author(s): Lears, Jackson
ISBN No.: 9780142003879
Pages: 416
Year: 200407
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 33.12
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

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.


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