Something for Nothing
Luck in America
Jackson Lears - Author
ISBN 9781101200377 | 408 pages | 27 Jul 2004 | Penguin
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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.
Chapter One: The Dance of Divination
Chapter Two: The Amusements of the Alehouse
Chapter Three: Confidence Games
Chapter Four: The Waning of Providence
Chapter Five: The Incomplete Taming of the Chance
Chapter Six: The Uncertain Triumph of Management
Chapter Seven: The Persistent Allure of Accident
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