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Language: English
Published by Viking Adult, 2003
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- Title
- Something for Nothing: Luck in America
- Author
- Jackson Lears
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670031739
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031733
- Item weight
- 1.59 pounds
A provocative alternate history of America reveals how the nation's culture of control is entwined with its culture of chance, revealing how American risk-taking, luck, and gambling have impacted the nation's politics, social life, and economy. 20,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Jackson Lears's previous books include No Place of Grace and Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America. Lears is a Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers University and the editor of the distinguished journal Raritan. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines.
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