The author analyzes the autobiographical expressions of famous entrepreneurs, from Andrew Carnegie to Ross Perot, alongside more marginal ones, such as Oprah Winfrey and Arnold Schwarzenegger, to examine how mainstream society was and is shaped by the cultures of subordinate groups. He looks at the link between self-making and nation-building and reveals the origins of a persistent myth of the "American dream" .
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United States, The Postfrontier Nation, The Ends of Self-Making, Madam Walker, Racial Segregation, Immigrant Aspirations, World War, New York, Progressive Era, New World, Great Depression, Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, Stop the Insanity, African Americans, Tom Moss, The Great Gatsby, Class Mobility, Harriet Ayer, Tom Buchanan, Van Dyke, Jim Crow, Wall Street, The Promised Land, Mary Antin Browse Sample Pages:
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- European Dream, the by Jeremy Rifkin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short by Robert Wuthnow in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Self-Help, Inc.: Makeover Culture in American Life by Micki McGee in Index, and Back Matter
- Late Postmodernism: American Fiction at the Millennium by Jeremy Green in Back Matter
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