Something for Nothing: Luck in America

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出版社: Penguin
2004-07
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780142003879
定价: 122.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 392页
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  •   Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifyingthe rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar andmundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdomthat the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, anddisciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to thedeep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through ourentire history from colonial times to the early twenty-firstcentury, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shapedand, at times, defined our national character.   Jackson Lears is the author of several books, includingFables of Abundance, winner of the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for history. Editor of the distinguished journalRaritan, he is a Board of Governors Professor of History atRutgers and writes frequently for the New Republic,Nation, and other magazines. INTRODUCTION

    GAMBLING FOR GRACE

    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 CHANCE

    CHAPTER SIX

    THE UNCERTAIN TRIUMPH OF MANAGEMENT

    CHAPTER SEVEN

    THE PERSISTENT ALLURE OF ACCIDENT

    EPILOGUE

    NOTES

    CREDITS

    INDEX
  • 内容简介:
      Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifyingthe rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar andmundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdomthat the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, anddisciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to thedeep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through ourentire history from colonial times to the early twenty-firstcentury, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambling have shapedand, at times, defined our national character.
  • 作者简介:
      Jackson Lears is the author of several books, includingFables of Abundance, winner of the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for history. Editor of the distinguished journalRaritan, he is a Board of Governors Professor of History atRutgers and writes frequently for the New Republic,Nation, and other magazines.
  • 目录:
    INTRODUCTION

    GAMBLING FOR GRACE

    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 CHANCE

    CHAPTER SIX

    THE UNCERTAIN TRIUMPH OF MANAGEMENT

    CHAPTER SEVEN

    THE PERSISTENT ALLURE OF ACCIDENT

    EPILOGUE

    NOTES

    CREDITS

    INDEX
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