Restless Nation: Starting Over in AmericaUniversity of Chicago Press, 23 січ. 2009 р. - 276 стор. In Restless Nation, James M. Jasper isolates a narrative that lies very close to the core of the American character. From colonial times to the present day, Americans have always had a deep-rooted belief in the "fresh start"—a belief that still has Americans moving from place to place faster than the citizens of any other nation. |
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... escape what constrains them . This restlessness is especially characteristic of American men , who believe in a true inner self untouched by civilization , other people , or organized social life — a self they can move intact to a new ...
... escape what constrains them . This restlessness is especially characteristic of American men , who believe in a true inner self untouched by civilization , other people , or organized social life — a self they can move intact to a new ...
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... escape from them . Southern agrarians have lapsed into antebellum nostalgia ; nineteenth- century women created a culture of domesticity sheltered from mar- kets ; a few religious traditions have claimed to find bedrock in the unseen ...
... escape from them . Southern agrarians have lapsed into antebellum nostalgia ; nineteenth- century women created a culture of domesticity sheltered from mar- kets ; a few religious traditions have claimed to find bedrock in the unseen ...
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... escape . In the end , though , this young adolescent follows his personal impulses and fondness for Jim . The community that Jim and Huck have created on their little raft , despite the occasional tricks that Huck plays on his ...
... escape . In the end , though , this young adolescent follows his personal impulses and fondness for Jim . The community that Jim and Huck have created on their little raft , despite the occasional tricks that Huck plays on his ...
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... escape , but also drawn by some kind of dream . The rich connotations of freedom — less doubtful to other migrants than it was to Fred — get embodied in a physical place : the territories for Huck , the North for Fred , the West for ...
... escape , but also drawn by some kind of dream . The rich connotations of freedom — less doubtful to other migrants than it was to Fred — get embodied in a physical place : the territories for Huck , the North for Fred , the West for ...
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... escaping social rigidities and political oppression at home , but al- most all are pulled by a wondrous image of opportunity awaiting them here . The liberties symbolized by the famous statue in New York harbor cannot be divided neatly ...
... escaping social rigidities and political oppression at home , but al- most all are pulled by a wondrous image of opportunity awaiting them here . The liberties symbolized by the famous statue in New York harbor cannot be divided neatly ...
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17 | |
2 The Most Likely to Succeed | 41 |
3 New Places Names and Selves | 63 |
4 Boom Land | 97 |
5 The Great Lottery | 127 |
6 An Alien Power | 157 |
7 The Culture of Flight | 186 |
8 Fleeing the Nest | 220 |
Are Americans Ready to Settle Down? | 241 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 255 |
Notes | 267 |
Index | 277 |
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