Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey

Decker, Jeffrey Louis

ISBN 10: 0816630208 / ISBN 13: 9780816630202

Published by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1997

About this Item

No dust jacket, as issued. Book is used with some minor wear. Some of the pages have dog eared corners. Tightly bound copy with underlining, and marginalia. Inv. # 9814.

Seller Inventory # 009814

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816630208
• ISBN 13: 9780816630202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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" .

About the Author

Jeffrey Louis Decker University of California, Los Angeles, USA